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FOI requests: SIA performance report

A quarterly report on how well the SIA has done in responding to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.

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From:
Security Industry Authority
Published:
19 November 2020
Last updated:
12 January 2026
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  1. Added information for quarter 3 of the 2025 to 2026 financial year.

  2. Updated with the figures for the first 2 quarters of the 2025 to 2026 financial year.

  3. The 2024 to 2025 report has been updated with the figures from Q4.

  4. Added information for quarter 3 of the 2024 to 2025 financial year.

  5. Added information for quarter 2 of the 2024 to 2025 financial year.

  6. Updated with the figures for the first quarter of the 2024 to 2025 financial year.

  7. Updated the report to include figures for quarter 3 and quarter 4 of the 2023 to 2024 financial year.

  8. Replaced the single performance report file with separate files for each financial year. Reports from quarter 2 of the 2022 to 2023 financial year onwards use a different reporting format to the others. The new format provides greater transparency over this area of SIA activity.

  9. Updated the report to include figures for quarter 2 of the 2022 to 2023 financial year. We have also updated the figures for quarter 1 - specifically, the 2 figures listed under 'Requests received'. This is because 1 request was withdrawn after the last report was published.

  10. Updated the report to include figures for quarter 1 of the 2022 to 2023 financial year.

  11. Updated the report to include figures for quarter 4 of the 2021 to 2022 financial year.

  12. Updated the report to include figures for quarter 3 of the 2021 to 2022 financial year.

  13. Updated the report to include figures for: quarter 4 of the 2020 to 2021 financial year; quarter 1 of the 2021 to 2022 financial year; quarter 2 of the 2021 to 2022 financial year.

  14. Updated the report to include figures for quarter 3 of the 2020 to 2021 financial year.

  15. First published.

Documents

SIA FOI performance report: 2025 to 2026 financial year

ODS, 4.7 KB

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SIA FOI performance report: 2024 to 2025 financial year

ODS, 5.15 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

SIA FOI performance report: 2023 to 2024 financial year

ODS, 4.71 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

SIA FOI performance report: 2022 to 2023 financial year

ODS, 4.45 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

SIA FOI performance report: 2021 to 2022 financial year

ODS, 4.04 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

SIA FOI performance report: 2020 to 2021 financial year

ODS, 4.19 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Details

1 October 2022 onwards

The reports for the period 1 October 2022 to now contain information about:

  • the requests we received - how many we received and how many we were still processing at the end of the reporting period
  • the responses we gave - how many we provided, how many were within 20 working days and how many took us longer than that
  • the information we provided - for example, how many of our responses provided the requested information and how many did not (either because of a legal exemption or because we did not hold that information)
  • internal reviews - how many responses were referred for internal review, and what the outcomes of those reviews were
  • ICO reviews - how many responses were referred to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for review, and what the outcomes of those reviews were

Prior to 1 October 2022

The reports for the period 1 April 2020 to 30 September 2022 contain information about:

  • the requests we received - how many we received and how many we were still processing at the end of the reporting period
  • the responses we gave - how many we provided, how many were within 20 working days and how many took us longer than that
  • the information we provided - for example, how many of our responses provided the requested information and how many did not (either because of a legal exemption or because we did not hold that information)

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