FOI request addresses: where to send them
Requesting your own file, or a government record, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000? Every institution has its own request office — a different mailbox from its general correspondence address. Find it below, then write and mail your request without a printer or a trip to the post office.
- Barts Health NHS Trust (Barts Health)Head of Information Governance
- Cabinet OfficeFreedom of Information Team
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT (CUH)Freedom of Information Office
- Charity Commission for England and Wales (Charity Commission)Freedom of Information
- Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)Information Access Team
- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)Central FoI Team, Caxton House
- Department of Justice (Northern Ireland) (DoJ NI)Freedom of Information Team
- Environment Agency (EA)Freedom of Information
- Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS FT (GOSH)The FOI Team
- Greater Manchester Police (GMP)Information Compliance and Records Management Unit
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT)Information Governance Department
- HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)Freedom of Information Team
- HM TreasuryInformation Rights Unit
- Home OfficeDirect Communications Unit
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT)Communications Department
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH)Freedom of Information Office
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT)Freedom of Information Office
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT)FOI Team
- Merseyside PoliceInformation Bureau, Disclosure Unit
- Metropolitan Police Service (the Met)Information Rights Unit
- Ministry of Justice (MoJ)Disclosure Team
- Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT (Newcastle Hospitals)Freedom of Information Office
- OfcomFreedom of Information
- OfstedInformation Management
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH)Freedom of Information Team
- Police ScotlandFOI - Information Management
- Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)Head of Freedom of Information
- Scottish GovernmentGeneral Enquiries
- South Wales PoliceData Protection Office
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT (UHB)Freedom of Information, Room 33E
- Welsh GovernmentInformation Rights Unit
- West Midlands Police (WMP)Freedom of Information Unit
- West Yorkshire Police (WYP)Freedom of Information Unit
Writing a Freedom of Information (FOI) request
State clearly that this is a Freedom of Information (FOI) request and describe the records you want as specifically as you can. If you're requesting your own file, include your full name and any case, claim, or file number the institution uses. Add a return address so they can reply, and keep a copy of what you sent and the date — you'll need both if you have to appeal a refusal or a missed deadline.
Addresses are each institution's own published request-office address, taken from its official page and re-checked periodically. Offices relocate — confirm on the official page before anything time-sensitive. 33 institutions listed.