WhatDoTheyKnow Statistics

Here you can see how well public bodies have responded to requests on WhatDoTheyKnow and meet the people most actively using it. You can also find statistics about requests over time.

Public Bodies

This section on public body statistics is currently experimental, so there are some caveats that should be borne in mind:

  • The percentages are calculated with respect to the total number of requests, which includes invalid requests; this is a known problem that will be fixed in a later release.
  • The classification of requests (e.g. to say whether they were successful or not) is done manually by users and administrators of the site, which means that they are subject to error.
  • Requests are considered successful if they were classified as either 'Successful' or 'Partially Successful'.
  • Requests are considered overdue if they are in the 'Overdue' or 'Very Overdue' states.
  • The error bars shown are 95% confidence intervals for the hypothesized underlying proportion (i.e. that which you would obtain by making an infinite number of requests through this site to that authority). In other words, the population being sampled is all the current and future requests to the authority through this site, rather than, say, all requests that have been made to the public body by any means.
  • Hidden requests are not counted. Unclassified requests do not count towards the percentages.

These graphs were partly inspired by some statistics that Mark Goodge produced for WhatDoTheyKnow, so thanks are due to him.

Public bodies with the most requests

Public Body Number of requests
British Broadcasting Corporation 3755
Department of Health and Social Care 4047
Brighton and Hove City Council 4598
Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) 5005
Department for Education 5200
Ministry of Justice 5740
Transport for London 6465
Ministry of Defence 6777
Department for Work and Pensions 12020
Home Office 13373

Public bodies with the most successful requests

Public Body Percentage of total requests
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 91
Arts University Bournemouth 92
Perth College UHI 92
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service 93
University St Mark and St John, Plymouth 94
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service 94
Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service 94
Glasgow Kelvin College 94
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service 95
Royal Agricultural University 98

Public bodies with the fewest successful requests

Public Body Percentage of total requests
The Royal Household 0
National Crime Agency 2
Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration 12
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs 12
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons 13
National Trust 17
Animal Health 18
Prime Minister's Office 20
Edexcel Limited 22
City of London Police Authority 22

Public bodies with most overdue requests

Public Body Percentage of requests that are overdue
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 39
University of Southampton 40
Coventry University 40
NHS North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group 42
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 45
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons 47
NHS Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group 49
Barnet and Southgate College 60
National Trust 61
The Royal Household 67

Public bodies that most frequently replied with "Not Held"

Public Body Percentage of total requests
North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner 46
Kent Police and Crime Commissioner 48
UK Financial Investments Limited 50
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons 51
London Councils 51
Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner 55
City of London Police Authority 55
Greater Manchester Police Authority 55
British Transport Police Authority 56
NHS Health Scotland 57

People

Most frequent requesters

Last 28 days

  1. M

    Michael Newberry

    Joined in 2021

    202

  2. D

    Daniel Stonard

    Joined in 2017

    116

  3. L

    Linsey Preston

    Joined in 2019

    110

  4. M

    Mr Singh

    Joined in 2021

    105

  5. P

    Peter Briggs

    Joined in 2018

    70

  6. J

    James Hetfield

    Joined in 2020

    60

  7. N

    Nick Porter

    Joined in 2021

    49

  8. Profile image for Gavin Chait

    Gavin Chait

    Joined in 2016

    46

  9. B

    Ben van der Merwe

    Joined in 2021

    45

  10. J

    J Smith

    Joined in 2021

    43

All time

  1. J

    Jenna Corderoy

    Joined in 2017

    2867

  2. Profile image for Doug Paulley

    Doug Paulley

    Joined in 2010

    2611

  3. Profile image for Gavin Chait

    Gavin Chait

    Joined in 2016

    2372

  4. J

    John Fitzpatrick

    Joined in 2018

    2303

  5. J

    J Taylor

    Joined in 2015

    1956

  6. G

    Gareth Davies

    Joined in 2018

    1861

  7. A

    Abdul Hai

    Joined in 2010

    1755

  8. C

    Claire Wilde

    Joined in 2018

    1657

  9. S

    Spend Network

    Joined in 2016

    1621

  10. B

    Basia Cummings

    Joined in 2018

    1597

Most frequent annotators

Last 28 days

  1. J

    J Roberts

    Joined in 2013

    75

  2. T

    taryn taylor

    Joined in 2019

    31

  3. A

    Amanda Hart

    Joined in 2018

    23

  4. C

    Clare B Dimyon MBE [LGBT]

    Joined in 2021

    19

  5. Profile image for Paul Burnham

    Paul Burnham

    Joined in 2014

    18

  6. M

    M Boyce

    Joined in 2011

    18

  7. Profile image for Richard Taylor

    Richard Taylor

    Joined in 2008

    14

  8. P

    Paul W

    Joined in 2020

    12

  9. Profile image for D. Moore

    D. Moore

    Joined in 2015

    11

  10. E

    Ermine Amies

    Joined in 2021

    10

All time

  1. Profile image for Richard Taylor

    Richard Taylor

    Joined in 2008

    2178

  2. [

    [Name Removed] (Account suspended)

    Joined in 2013

    2151

  3. J

    J Roberts

    Joined in 2013

    1715

  4. A

    Abdul Hai

    Joined in 2010

    1508

  5. Profile image for Paul Cardin

    Paul Cardin

    Joined in 2008

    1003

  6. Profile image for Trevor R Nunn

    Trevor R Nunn

    Joined in 2008

    956

  7. Profile image for D. Speers

    D. Speers

    Joined in 2011

    922

  8. I

    ivanataylor

    Joined in 2009

    814

  9. Profile image for Ganesh Sittampalam

    Ganesh Sittampalam

    Joined in 2008

    778

  10. Profile image for Dr Neil Bhatia

    Dr Neil Bhatia

    Joined in 2008

    737

Requests

Hidden

From time to time requests need to be hidden on WhatDoTheyKnow. This can happen for a number of reasons. For example, the request could be about someone’s personal information that shouldn’t be public or the contents could be abusive.

Here you can see how often WhatDoTheyKnow administrators have hidden requests.

Week starting Request hide events
2007-12-10 0
2007-12-17 0
2007-12-24 0
2007-12-31 0
2008-01-07 0
2008-01-14 0
2008-01-21 0
2008-01-28 0
2008-02-04 0
2008-02-11 3
2008-02-18 1
2008-02-25 1
2008-03-03 2
2008-03-10 0
2008-03-17 1
2008-03-24 0
2008-03-31 0
2008-04-07 0
2008-04-14 1
2008-04-21 1
2008-04-28 0
2008-05-05 1
2008-05-12 0
2008-05-19 0
2008-05-26 0
2008-06-02 0
2008-06-09 0
2008-06-16 0
2008-06-23 0
2008-06-30 0
2008-07-07 1
2008-07-14 0
2008-07-21 0
2008-07-28 0
2008-08-04 0
2008-08-11 0
2008-08-18 0
2008-08-25 0
2008-09-01 1
2008-09-08 1
2008-09-15 0
2008-09-22 0
2008-09-29 0
2008-10-06 0
2008-10-13 0
2008-10-20 0
2008-10-27 0
2008-11-03 0
2008-11-10 0
2008-11-17 0
2008-11-24 0
2008-12-01 0
2008-12-08 0
2008-12-15 0
2008-12-22 0
2008-12-29 0
2009-01-05 0
2009-01-12 1
2009-01-19 0
2009-01-26 0
2009-02-02 0
2009-02-09 0
2009-02-16 0
2009-02-23 0
2009-03-02 0
2009-03-09 0
2009-03-16 0
2009-03-23 0
2009-03-30 0
2009-04-06 0
2009-04-13 0
2009-04-20 2
2009-04-27 0
2009-05-04 0
2009-05-11 0
2009-05-18 0
2009-05-25 0
2009-06-01 0
2009-06-08 0
2009-06-15 2
2009-06-22 1
2009-06-29 22
2009-07-06 1
2009-07-13 0
2009-07-20 7
2009-07-27 2
2009-08-03 2
2009-08-10 1
2009-08-17 31
2009-08-24 2
2009-08-31 1
2009-09-07 2
2009-09-14 1
2009-09-21 0
2009-09-28 1
2009-10-05 3
2009-10-12 1
2009-10-19 2
2009-10-26 1
2009-11-02 0
2009-11-09 4
2009-11-16 0
2009-11-23 1
2009-11-30 0
2009-12-07 1
2009-12-14 1
2009-12-21 0
2009-12-28 1
2010-01-04 1
2010-01-11 1
2010-01-18 0
2010-01-25 2
2010-02-01 2
2010-02-08 1
2010-02-15 0
2010-02-22 0
2010-03-01 0
2010-03-08 1
2010-03-15 1
2010-03-22 0
2010-03-29 2
2010-04-05 0
2010-04-12 0
2010-04-19 0
2010-04-26 0
2010-05-03 0
2010-05-10 0
2010-05-17 0
2010-05-24 0
2010-05-31 2
2010-06-07 0
2010-06-14 2
2010-06-21 1
2010-06-28 1
2010-07-05 0
2010-07-12 2
2010-07-19 4
2010-07-26 1
2010-08-02 1
2010-08-09 4
2010-08-16 3
2010-08-23 1
2010-08-30 0
2010-09-06 0
2010-09-13 2
2010-09-20 5
2010-09-27 1
2010-10-04 0
2010-10-11 0
2010-10-18 1
2010-10-25 2
2010-11-01 3
2010-11-08 4
2010-11-15 1
2010-11-22 0
2010-11-29 0
2010-12-06 0
2010-12-13 2
2010-12-20 8
2010-12-27 1
2011-01-03 2
2011-01-10 2
2011-01-17 3
2011-01-24 5
2011-01-31 1
2011-02-07 0
2011-02-14 7
2011-02-21 0
2011-02-28 0
2011-03-07 3
2011-03-14 1
2011-03-21 2
2011-03-28 0
2011-04-04 1
2011-04-11 1
2011-04-18 2
2011-04-25 0
2011-05-02 0
2011-05-09 0
2011-05-16 0
2011-05-23 1
2011-05-30 6
2011-06-06 4
2011-06-13 1
2011-06-20 4
2011-06-27 3
2011-07-04 1
2011-07-11 5
2011-07-18 56
2011-07-25 1
2011-08-01 1
2011-08-08 0
2011-08-15 1
2011-08-22 2
2011-08-29 3
2011-09-05 6
2011-09-12 2
2011-09-19 1
2011-09-26 0
2011-10-03 2
2011-10-10 2
2011-10-17 4
2011-10-24 2
2011-10-31 0
2011-11-07 1
2011-11-14 0
2011-11-21 10
2011-11-28 0
2011-12-05 2
2011-12-12 4
2011-12-19 3
2011-12-26 2
2012-01-02 2
2012-01-09 7
2012-01-16 3
2012-01-23 9
2012-01-30 7
2012-02-06 7
2012-02-13 4
2012-02-20 6
2012-02-27 8
2012-03-05 4
2012-03-12 3
2012-03-19 4
2012-03-26 4
2012-04-02 13
2012-04-09 4
2012-04-16 11
2012-04-23 8
2012-04-30 4
2012-05-07 3
2012-05-14 3
2012-05-21 0
2012-05-28 1
2012-06-04 5
2012-06-11 1
2012-06-18 2
2012-06-25 3
2012-07-02 9
2012-07-09 19
2012-07-16 5
2012-07-23 8
2012-07-30 2
2012-08-06 6
2012-08-13 12
2012-08-20 2
2012-08-27 1
2012-09-03 2
2012-09-10 4
2012-09-17 3
2012-09-24 0
2012-10-01 9
2012-10-08 10
2012-10-15 9
2012-10-22 5
2012-10-29 6
2012-11-05 17
2012-11-12 5
2012-11-19 11
2012-11-26 6
2012-12-03 3
2012-12-10 6
2012-12-17 0
2012-12-24 2
2012-12-31 3
2013-01-07 22
2013-01-14 10
2013-01-21 4
2013-01-28 7
2013-02-04 27
2013-02-11 3
2013-02-18 32
2013-02-25 5
2013-03-04 4
2013-03-11 7
2013-03-18 12
2013-03-25 26
2013-04-01 15
2013-04-08 7
2013-04-15 11
2013-04-22 2
2013-04-29 5
2013-05-06 3
2013-05-13 3
2013-05-20 4
2013-05-27 16
2013-06-03 6
2013-06-10 21
2013-06-17 10
2013-06-24 8
2013-07-01 4
2013-07-08 2
2013-07-15 1
2013-07-22 7
2013-07-29 2
2013-08-05 4
2013-08-12 10
2013-08-19 7
2013-08-26 2
2013-09-02 1
2013-09-09 1
2013-09-16 14
2013-09-23 4
2013-09-30 5
2013-10-07 5
2013-10-14 8
2013-10-21 12
2013-10-28 5
2013-11-04 2
2013-11-11 3
2013-11-18 6
2013-11-25 0
2013-12-02 0
2013-12-09 2
2013-12-16 6
2013-12-23 2
2013-12-30 2
2014-01-06 1
2014-01-13 5
2014-01-20 0
2014-01-27 3
2014-02-03 4
2014-02-10 18
2014-02-17 3
2014-02-24 3
2014-03-03 7
2014-03-10 1
2014-03-17 5
2014-03-24 0
2014-03-31 4
2014-04-07 9
2014-04-14 0
2014-04-21 5
2014-04-28 7
2014-05-05 9
2014-05-12 5
2014-05-19 5
2014-05-26 2
2014-06-02 1
2014-06-09 15
2014-06-16 4
2014-06-23 3
2014-06-30 107
2014-07-07 4
2014-07-14 4
2014-07-21 1
2014-07-28 7
2014-08-04 2
2014-08-11 4
2014-08-18 2
2014-08-25 3
2014-09-01 1
2014-09-08 5
2014-09-15 3
2014-09-22 0
2014-09-29 7
2014-10-06 10
2014-10-13 3
2014-10-20 1
2014-10-27 1
2014-11-03 42
2014-11-10 1
2014-11-17 9
2014-11-24 8
2014-12-01 12
2014-12-08 3
2014-12-15 4
2014-12-22 1
2014-12-29 0
2015-01-05 5
2015-01-12 4
2015-01-19 1
2015-01-26 16
2015-02-02 1
2015-02-09 8
2015-02-16 3
2015-02-23 2
2015-03-02 6
2015-03-09 4
2015-03-16 11
2015-03-23 3
2015-03-30 10
2015-04-06 15
2015-04-13 7
2015-04-20 7
2015-04-27 2
2015-05-04 4
2015-05-11 16
2015-05-18 6
2015-05-25 4
2015-06-01 11
2015-06-08 10
2015-06-15 6
2015-06-22 20
2015-06-29 6
2015-07-06 15
2015-07-13 15
2015-07-20 27
2015-07-27 6
2015-08-03 9
2015-08-10 7
2015-08-17 20
2015-08-24 8
2015-08-31 4
2015-09-07 9
2015-09-14 11
2015-09-21 4
2015-09-28 5
2015-10-05 10
2015-10-12 8
2015-10-19 9
2015-10-26 2
2015-11-02 8
2015-11-09 6
2015-11-16 6
2015-11-23 0
2015-11-30 5
2015-12-07 4
2015-12-14 3
2015-12-21 3
2015-12-28 3
2016-01-04 10
2016-01-11 5
2016-01-18 6
2016-01-25 9
2016-02-01 52
2016-02-08 4
2016-02-15 5
2016-02-22 21
2016-02-29 8
2016-03-07 16
2016-03-14 2
2016-03-21 5
2016-03-28 9
2016-04-04 8
2016-04-11 13
2016-04-18 2
2016-04-25 9
2016-05-02 3
2016-05-09 9
2016-05-16 7
2016-05-23 4
2016-05-30 14
2016-06-06 8
2016-06-13 11
2016-06-20 5
2016-06-27 10
2016-07-04 3
2016-07-11 9
2016-07-18 13
2016-07-25 6
2016-08-01 8
2016-08-08 5
2016-08-15 10
2016-08-22 19
2016-08-29 11
2016-09-05 5
2016-09-12 13
2016-09-19 16
2016-09-26 3
2016-10-03 8
2016-10-10 14
2016-10-17 47
2016-10-24 32
2016-10-31 4
2016-11-07 3
2016-11-14 2
2016-11-21 7
2016-11-28 12
2016-12-05 6
2016-12-12 7
2016-12-19 6
2016-12-26 5
2017-01-02 5
2017-01-09 6
2017-01-16 10
2017-01-23 9
2017-01-30 11
2017-02-06 8
2017-02-13 8
2017-02-20 4
2017-02-27 37
2017-03-06 18
2017-03-13 24
2017-03-20 14
2017-03-27 9
2017-04-03 25
2017-04-10 11
2017-04-17 9
2017-04-24 12
2017-05-01 40
2017-05-08 8
2017-05-15 7
2017-05-22 6
2017-05-29 26
2017-06-05 10
2017-06-12 9
2017-06-19 18
2017-06-26 24
2017-07-03 8
2017-07-10 6
2017-07-17 5
2017-07-24 27
2017-07-31 18
2017-08-07 23
2017-08-14 13
2017-08-21 15
2017-08-28 10
2017-09-04 23
2017-09-11 23
2017-09-18 9
2017-09-25 31
2017-10-02 18
2017-10-09 12
2017-10-16 13
2017-10-23 21
2017-10-30 17
2017-11-06 14
2017-11-13 15
2017-11-20 49
2017-11-27 14
2017-12-04 35
2017-12-11 9
2017-12-18 19
2017-12-25 43
2018-01-01 16
2018-01-08 7
2018-01-15 19
2018-01-22 15
2018-01-29 12
2018-02-05 11
2018-02-12 30
2018-02-19 9
2018-02-26 22
2018-03-05 6
2018-03-12 57
2018-03-19 17
2018-03-26 8
2018-04-02 4
2018-04-09 7
2018-04-16 6
2018-04-23 14
2018-04-30 7
2018-05-07 6
2018-05-14 4
2018-05-21 9
2018-05-28 8
2018-06-04 34
2018-06-11 9
2018-06-18 20
2018-06-25 19
2018-07-02 16
2018-07-09 14
2018-07-16 129
2018-07-23 50
2018-07-30 45
2018-08-06 171
2018-08-13 74
2018-08-20 484
2018-08-27 17
2018-09-03 3
2018-09-10 14
2018-09-17 5
2018-09-24 4
2018-10-01 14
2018-10-08 13
2018-10-15 14
2018-10-22 44
2018-10-29 87
2018-11-05 72
2018-11-12 12
2018-11-19 15
2018-11-26 5
2018-12-03 19
2018-12-10 41
2018-12-17 21
2018-12-24 192
2018-12-31 9
2019-01-07 20
2019-01-14 112
2019-01-21 1011
2019-01-28 81
2019-02-04 22
2019-02-11 18
2019-02-18 58
2019-02-25 6
2019-03-04 17
2019-03-11 24
2019-03-18 13
2019-03-25 10
2019-04-01 7
2019-04-08 9
2019-04-15 5
2019-04-22 2
2019-04-29 3
2019-05-06 2
2019-05-13 12
2019-05-20 2
2019-05-27 0
2019-06-03 0
2019-06-10 17
2019-06-17 3
2019-06-24 6
2019-07-01 14
2019-07-08 44
2019-07-15 14
2019-07-22 13
2019-07-29 23
2019-08-05 28
2019-08-12 7
2019-08-19 6
2019-08-26 6
2019-09-02 6
2019-09-09 20
2019-09-16 16
2019-09-23 7
2019-09-30 13
2019-10-07 30
2019-10-14 14
2019-10-21 29
2019-10-28 3
2019-11-04 13
2019-11-11 20
2019-11-18 2407
2019-11-25 8
2019-12-02 7
2019-12-09 11
2019-12-16 4
2019-12-23 3
2019-12-30 3
2020-01-06 8
2020-01-13 14
2020-01-20 18
2020-01-27 7
2020-02-03 8
2020-02-10 2
2020-02-17 6
2020-02-24 17
2020-03-02 3
2020-03-09 10
2020-03-16 9
2020-03-23 9
2020-03-30 23
2020-04-06 67
2020-04-13 34
2020-04-20 16
2020-04-27 13
2020-05-04 6
2020-05-11 12
2020-05-18 60
2020-05-25 11
2020-06-01 16
2020-06-08 24
2020-06-15 25
2020-06-22 17
2020-06-29 5
2020-07-06 17
2020-07-13 15
2020-07-20 8
2020-07-27 4
2020-08-03 23
2020-08-10 19
2020-08-17 11
2020-08-24 9
2020-08-31 20
2020-09-07 6
2020-09-14 8
2020-09-21 12
2020-09-28 8
2020-10-05 11
2020-10-12 16
2020-10-19 4
2020-10-26 3
2020-11-02 6
2020-11-09 3
2020-11-16 19
2020-11-23 11
2020-11-30 6
2020-12-07 7
2020-12-14 9
2020-12-21 4
2020-12-28 27
2021-01-04 10
2021-01-11 26
2021-01-18 15
2021-01-25 17
2021-02-01 14
2021-02-08 9
2021-02-15 21
2021-02-22 21
2021-03-01 18
2021-03-08 33
2021-03-15 12
2021-03-22 38
2021-03-29 9
2021-04-05 13
2021-04-12 17
2021-04-19 13