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 |
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British Broadcasting Corporation | 3128 |
UK Border Agency | 3344 |
Department for Education | 3829 |
Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) | 3894 |
Brighton and Hove City Council | 4147 |
Ministry of Justice | 4193 |
Transport for London | 5349 |
Ministry of Defence | 5518 |
Department for Work and Pensions | 10330 |
Home Office | 11522 |
Public bodies with the most successful requests
Public Body | Percentage of total requests |
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University of Abertay Dundee | 90 |
Bournemouth University | 90 |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | 91 |
Middlesex University | 91 |
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 91 |
University of the West of Scotland | 91 |
Harper Adams University | 92 |
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | 92 |
Brunel University | 95 |
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service | 98 |
Public bodies with the fewest successful requests
Public Body | Percentage of total requests |
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National Crime Agency | 4 |
Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration | 12 |
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons | 15 |
Animal Health | 18 |
NHS Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group | 20 |
Prime Minister’s Office | 21 |
University of Southampton | 23 |
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | 24 |
Attorney General’s Office | 24 |
Insolvency Service | 25 |
Public bodies with most overdue requests
Public bodies that most frequently replied with "Not Held"
People
Most frequent requesters
Last 28 days
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L
Lady Fleming
Joined in 2017
388
-
B
Baptiste GC
Joined in 2019
312
-
M
Mr P T Read
Joined in 2017
149
-
W
Will Dale
Joined in 2019
137
-
M
Matthew Dickinson
Joined in 2019
93
-
D
Dean Hough
Joined in 2019
71
-
S
Samuel Hall
Joined in 2019
66
-
K
Katharine Tylko-Hill
Joined in 2009
51
-
M
Mark Foxwell
Joined in 2018
50
-
K
Kate Garbers
Joined in 2018
50
All time
-
Doug Paulley
Joined in 2010
2584
-
J
J Taylor
Joined in 2015
1956
-
Gavin Chait
Joined in 2016
1606
-
R
Robert Cann
Joined in 2012
1561
-
N
Natalie Davis
Joined in 2009
1517
-
J
John Wicker
Joined in 2012
1497
-
M
Margaret Campbell
Joined in 2008
1456
-
N
Nicola
Joined in 2010
1368
-
B
Basia Cummings
Joined in 2018
1182
-
P
Pat James (Account suspended)
Joined in 2013
1181
Most frequent annotators
Last 28 days
-
M
M Boyce
Joined in 2011
24
-
J
Jason
Joined in 2016
15
-
Richard Taylor
Joined in 2008
11
-
L
Lewis Western
Joined in 2018
10
-
M
Matt Knight
Joined in 2018
10
-
E
Edward Williams
Joined in 2013
9
-
M
Mr P Swift
Joined in 2011
8
-
R
Rebekah Wryatt
Joined in 2018
8
-
J
J Roberts
Joined in 2013
7
-
phsothefacts Pressure Group
Joined in 2014
7
All time
-
J
Jt Oakley
Joined in 2013
2049
-
Richard Taylor
Joined in 2008
1885
-
A
Abdul Hai
Joined in 2010
1391
-
Paul Cardin
Joined in 2008
999
-
Trevor R Nunn
Joined in 2008
956
-
D. Speers
Joined in 2011
922
-
I
ivanataylor
Joined in 2009
814
-
Ganesh Sittampalam
Joined in 2008
775
-
Dr Neil Bhatia
Joined in 2008
737
-
Doug Paulley
Joined in 2010
719
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 |
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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 | 6 |
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 | 27 |
2017-04-10 | 11 |
2017-04-17 | 9 |
2017-04-24 | 13 |
2017-05-01 | 40 |
2017-05-08 | 9 |
2017-05-15 | 7 |
2017-05-22 | 6 |
2017-05-29 | 26 |
2017-06-05 | 13 |
2017-06-12 | 10 |
2017-06-19 | 20 |
2017-06-26 | 25 |
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 | 8 |
2018-01-15 | 21 |
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 | 7 |
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 | 4 |
2018-09-10 | 14 |
2018-09-17 | 6 |
2018-09-24 | 4 |
2018-10-01 | 14 |
2018-10-08 | 14 |
2018-10-15 | 14 |
2018-10-22 | 44 |
2018-10-29 | 87 |
2018-11-05 | 72 |
2018-11-12 | 12 |
2018-11-19 | 16 |
2018-11-26 | 5 |
2018-12-03 | 19 |
2018-12-10 | 41 |
2018-12-17 | 30 |
2018-12-24 | 193 |
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 | 20 |