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Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Freedom of Information requests to which his Department has not yet provided a substantive answer were received a) 0-19, b) 20, c) 20-39, d) 40, e) 41 or more working days ago.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
8 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Freedom of Information requests to which his Department has not yet provided a substantive answer were received a) 0-19, b) 20, c) 20-39, d) 40, e) 41 or more working days ago.

  2. 8 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    As of 3 September 2026, there were 771 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that have been received by the Ministry of Justice and had not yet been responded to. The table below notes the volumes of cases that were received per the time period categ...

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Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.

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