Scottish Government's Freedom of Information (FOI) compliance statistics: FOI release

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Statistics for the Scottish Government's Freedom of Information (FOI) compliance for January 2021 through December 2024, including the number of FOI requests received, the number responded to within statutory deadlines, and the number of those delayed beyond 20 working days.

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The figures are taken from the Scottish Government’s internal Micase system. These cover both FOI and Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations (EIR) requests.

Year	Requests on time	Requests overdue	Overall request volume
2021	3,609	587	4,196
2022	4,031	657	4,688
2023	4,675	426	5,101
2024	5,569	185	5,754

This represents the number of requests received in each calendar year, and how many were responded to within or beyond the statutory deadline of 20 working days.

About FOI

The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at https://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.