Freedom of Information statistics: annual 2023
Annual statistics on Freedom of Information requests for central government bodies for 2023.
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聽(FOI Act) and the associated聽聽(EIRs) came fully into force on 1 January 2005.
This bulletin presents statistics on their implementation within the central government monitored bodies for the annual period of 2023.
Statistics standards and policies
These statistics have been independently reviewed by the聽聽(OSR). They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the聽. Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the聽.
Accreditation signifies their compliance with the authority鈥檚聽聽which broadly means these statistics are:
- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the聽聽that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
These statistics were independently reviewed by the OSR in June 2017. See聽.聽Since this review by the OSR, we have continued to comply with the Code of Practice for Statistics.
All Cabinet Office official statistics are governed by the standards set out by the UK Statistics Authority in their code of practice. These can be found on our聽statistics standards and policies page. Further detail on the production of the FOI statistics can be found on our聽FOI statistics supporting documents page.
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