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 "title": "Freedom of Information requests answered in time, UK government",
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 "summary": "The share of Freedom of Information requests to UK government bodies answered in time – within 20 working days or a permitted extension – for all monitored bodies, departments of state and other monitored bodies, each quarter the Cabinet Office's latest tables give.",
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  "Requests answered within 20 working days, or within a permitted extension (to consider the public interest, for complex environmental information or for archival records), as a share of all requests received less those on hold or lapsed, as Table 4a of the latest release gives it. The Cabinet Office monitors about 40 departments of state and other bodies; earlier quarters are in earlier releases, which the hub does not put together.",
  "Other monitored bodies answered 61% in time in January to March 2025 and 94% in April to June 2025; the release gives no reason for the change."
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