Foreign and Commonwealth Office

All Time


WhatDoTheyKnow Statistics

wdtk totalwdtk prowdtk percentage of totalwdtk successfulwdtk partially successfulwdtk waiting responsewdtk waiting clarification
1,116.036.09.83269.0217.0234.015.0

Processing Statistics

requests recievedrequests processedrequests onhold or lapsedrequests still being processedrequests handled under eirs
11,35810,9500408107

Initial Outcomes

initial outcome granted in fullinitial outcome partially withheldinitial outcome fully withheldpercentage of resolvable requests granted in fullpercentage of resolvable requests withheld in full
2,2432,9222,81526.7433.56

Delays

twenty day deadline metpermitted extension to twenty day deadlinelate response
7,9912,3451,019

Actions

total resolvable requestsrequests where advice and assistance providedrequests where information not heldrequests where advice and assistance provided
8,3888762,094876

Refused

fully refused vexatiousfully refused repeatedfully refused cost limitfully refused exemption
112321,4281,243

Internal Review

total internal reviewsinternal reviews with outcome knownir number upheld in fullir number upheld in partir number overturnedir percentage upheld in full
9247526111182381.25

ICO Appeal

ico total appealsico appeals with known outcomeico number upheld in fullico number upheld in partico number overturnedico percentage upheld in full
15372673293

Exemptions - 7,196 uses over 4,165 requests

ExcemptionCount
S(40) - Personal information1,962
S(27) - International relations1,542
S(23) - Information supplied by, or relating to, bodies dealing with security matters815
S(24) - National security462
S(35) - Formulation of Government policy, etc427
S(43) - Commercial interests397
S(41) - Information provided in confidence352
S(22) - Information intended for future publication309
S(31) - Law enforcement216
S(21) - Information accessible to applicant by other means.212
S(38) - Health and Safety204
S(42) - Legal professional privilege144
S(37) - Communications with Her Majesty, etc and honours100
S(36) - Prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs69
S(26) - Defence49
5(a) - Adverse effect on international relations, defence, national security, public safety29
S(28) - Relations within the United Kingdom20
S(29) - The economy17
5(e) - Impinges on confidentiality of commercial or industrial information15
S(32) - Court records, etc14
3(a) - Exempt personal data14
S(30) - Investigations and proceedings conducted by public authorities11
4(e) - Internal communications10
4(b) - Manifestly unreasonable6
S(44) - Prohibitions on disclosure4
S(34) - Parliamentary privilege2
4(c) - Too general2
4(a) - Information not held1
5(c) - Adverse effect on intellectual property rights1
5(d) - Impinges on confidentiality of a public authority's work1
5(f) - Adverse effect on interests of person who provided the information1