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
Liverpool City Council 4306
Department of Health and Social Care 4917
Brighton and Hove City Council 5095
Department for Education 6048
Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) 6058
Ministry of Justice 6830
Transport for London 7455
Ministry of Defence 7875
Department for Work and Pensions 13286
Home Office 14865

Public bodies with the most successful requests

Public Body Percentage of total requests
Arts University Bournemouth 91
Ayrshire College 91
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service 91
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service 91
Harper Adams University 93
Glasgow Kelvin College 94
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service 94
Perth College UHI 94
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service 95
Royal Agricultural University 97

Public bodies with the fewest successful requests

Public Body Percentage of total requests
The Royal Household 2
National Crime Agency 2
British Telecommunications plc 2
Warrington Borough Transport 2
University of Buckingham 3
York Minster Police 5
NHS Shared Business Services 8
Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration 9
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs 10
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons 12

Public bodies with most overdue requests

Public Body Percentage of requests that are overdue
FCDO Services 52
Warrington Borough Transport 52
Office of the Leader of the House of Lords 53
Office of the Leader of the House of Commons 53
University of Buckingham 55
Barnet and Southgate College 55
NHS Southport & Formby Clinical Commissioning Group 60
Croydon College 62
British Telecommunications plc 62
The Royal Household 65

Public bodies that most frequently replied with "Not Held"

Public Body Percentage of total requests
Epping Town Council 51
London Councils 51
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate 53
Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner 54
Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner 55
Greater Manchester Police Authority 55
City of London Police Authority 56
NHS Health Scotland 59
British Transport Police Authority 62
Chichester City Council 68

People

Most frequent requesters

Last 28 days

  1. F

    Francesca Paul

    Joined in 2023

    120

  2. C

    Charlie Greene

    Joined in 2022

    81

  3. E

    Emily Silcock

    Joined in 2023

    79

  4. A

    A Griffith

    Joined in 2023

    78

  5. Profile image for Dean

    Dean

    Joined in 2023

    77

  6. C

    Celeste Morrison

    Joined in 2022

    61

  7. M

    Mollie Zhang

    Joined in 2022

    60

  8. F

    Florence Wood

    Joined in 2022

    57

  9. C

    Carol

    Joined in 2019

    52

  10. G

    George

    Joined in 2022

    52

All time

  1. J

    Jenna Corderoy

    Joined in 2017

    5158

  2. J

    Jamie Dixon

    Joined in 2019

    4446

  3. A

    Arthur Lightfoot

    Joined in 2022

    3876

  4. O

    Oliver Caswell

    Joined in 2021

    3504

  5. G

    Gareth Davies

    Joined in 2018

    3102

  6. P

    Philip Mansfield

    Joined in 2022

    2992

  7. Profile image for Emmanuel Phillips

    Emmanuel Phillips

    Joined in 2021

    2749

  8. Profile image for Gavin Chait

    Gavin Chait

    Joined in 2016

    2745

  9. Profile image for Doug Paulley

    Doug Paulley

    Joined in 2010

    2663

  10. R

    Richard roberts

    Joined in 2019

    2514

Most frequent annotators

Last 28 days

  1. J

    J Roberts

    Joined in 2013

    183

  2. Profile image for M Hands

    M Hands

    Joined in 2020

    13

  3. A

    Amanda Hart

    Joined in 2018

    10

  4. A

    A. Pearce

    Joined in 2023

    10

  5. M

    Milton Keynes Council (Account suspended)

    Joined in 2022

    9

  6. Profile image for Tina Marshall

    Tina Marshall

    Joined in 2023

    8

  7. Profile image for Tina Irving

    Tina Irving

    Joined in 2021

    8

  8. Profile image for D. Moore

    D. Moore

    Joined in 2015

    7

  9. P

    Paul Woodstock

    Joined in 2020

    5

  10. D

    D. Whitehead

    Joined in 2020

    5

All time

  1. J

    J Roberts

    Joined in 2013

    4925

  2. Profile image for WhatDoTheyKnow

    WhatDoTheyKnow

    Joined in 2020

    2528

  3. Profile image for Richard Taylor

    Richard Taylor

    Joined in 2008

    2281

  4. [

    [Name Removed] (Account suspended)

    Joined in 2013

    2150

  5. A

    Abdul Hai

    Joined in 2010

    1628

  6. M

    M Boyce

    Joined in 2011

    1062

  7. Profile image for Paul Cardin

    Paul Cardin

    Joined in 2008

    1004

  8. Profile image for Trevor R Nunn

    Trevor R Nunn

    Joined in 2008

    956

  9. Profile image for D. Moore

    D. Moore

    Joined in 2015

    950

  10. Profile image for D. Speers

    D. Speers

    Joined in 2011

    922

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 26
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 7
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 8
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 15
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 42
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 12
2021-04-12 17
2021-04-19 19
2021-04-26 13
2021-05-03 15
2021-05-10 10
2021-05-17 3
2021-05-24 3
2021-05-31 6
2021-06-07 13
2021-06-14 24
2021-06-21 18
2021-06-28 12
2021-07-05 44
2021-07-12 18
2021-07-19 22
2021-07-26 17
2021-08-02 41
2021-08-09 17
2021-08-16 19
2021-08-23 20
2021-08-30 5
2021-09-06 2
2021-09-13 12
2021-09-20 20
2021-09-27 14
2021-10-04 19
2021-10-11 11
2021-10-18 18
2021-10-25 23
2021-11-01 17
2021-11-08 8
2021-11-15 4
2021-11-22 13
2021-11-29 8
2021-12-06 15
2021-12-13 4
2021-12-20 11
2021-12-27 3
2022-01-03 19
2022-01-10 15
2022-01-17 8
2022-01-24 11
2022-01-31 10
2022-02-07 9
2022-02-14 110
2022-02-21 156
2022-02-28 14
2022-03-07 144
2022-03-14 68
2022-03-21 33
2022-03-28 25
2022-04-04 14
2022-04-11 44
2022-04-18 34
2022-04-25 18
2022-05-02 4
2022-05-09 14
2022-05-16 28
2022-05-23 16
2022-05-30 43
2022-06-06 37
2022-06-13 25
2022-06-20 7
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