AccessInfoHongKong Statistics

Here you can see how well public bodies have responded to requests on AccessInfoHongKong and meet the people most actively using it. You can also find statistics about requests over time.

Public Bodies

This section on public body statistics is currently experimental, so there are some caveats that should be borne in mind:

  • The percentages are calculated with respect to the total number of requests, which includes invalid requests; this is a known problem that will be fixed in a later release.
  • The classification of requests (e.g. to say whether they were successful or not) is done manually by users and administrators of the site, which means that they are subject to error.
  • Requests are considered successful if they were classified as either 'Successful' or 'Partially Successful'.
  • Requests are considered overdue if they are in the 'Overdue' or 'Very Overdue' states.
  • The error bars shown are 95% confidence intervals for the hypothesized underlying proportion (i.e. that which you would obtain by making an infinite number of requests through this site to that authority). In other words, the population being sampled is all the current and future requests to the authority through this site, rather than, say, all requests that have been made to the public body by any means.
  • Hidden requests are not counted. Unclassified requests do not count towards the percentages.

These graphs were partly inspired by some statistics that Mark Goodge produced for WhatDoTheyKnow, so thanks are due to him.

Public bodies with the most requests

Public Body Number of requests
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department 29
Hospital Authority 47
Lands Department 59
Education Bureau 61
Transport Department 61
Census and Statistics Department 65
Correctional Services Department 70
Security Bureau 90
Department of Health 129
Immigration Department 276

Public bodies with the most successful requests

Public Body Percentage of total requests
Census and Statistics Department 68
Immigration Department 69
Social Welfare Department 75
Transport Department 77
Hong Kong Police Force Crime Wing 88
Security Bureau 92
Labour Department 93
Fire Services Department 94
Civil Service Bureau 100
Registration and Electoral Office 100

Public bodies with the fewest successful requests

Public Body Percentage of total requests
All registries and administrative offices of courts and tribunals for which the Judiciary Administrator has responsibility 9
Office of The Ombudsman 29
Department of Justice 35
Hospital Authority 43
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department 47
Correctional Services Department 51
Environmental Protection Department 54
Department of Health 54
Lands Department 55
Customs and Excise Department 60

Public bodies with most overdue requests

Public Body Percentage of requests that are overdue
Customs and Excise Department 10
Department of Justice 12
Department of Health 13
Lands Department 16
Hospital Authority 17
Planning Department 19
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department 20
Environmental Protection Department 23
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department 24
All registries and administrative offices of courts and tribunals for which the Judiciary Administrator has responsibility 27

Public bodies that most frequently replied with "Not Held"

Public Body Percentage of total requests
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department 18
Immigration Department 18
Education Bureau 20
Department of Health 24
Lands Department 24
Food and Health Bureau 25
Hospital Authority 30
Legal Aid Department 31
Correctional Services Department 31
All registries and administrative offices of courts and tribunals for which the Judiciary Administrator has responsibility 45

People

Most frequent requesters

Last 28 days

Crickets. No one is here. It’s time to get the word out.

All time

  1. S

    Scott Edmunds

    Joined in 2015

    101

  2. H

    H. Y. Fung

    Joined in 2021

    80

  3. S

    Surabhi Chopra

    Joined in 2021

    54

  4. R

    Raquel Amador

    Joined in 2021

    53

  5. A

    Allyson van de Pol

    Joined in 2021

    50

  6. G

    Gigi Lo

    Joined in 2021

    43

  7. Profile image for Simon Wang

    Simon Wang

    Joined in 2021

    39

  8. A

    Andy Chui

    Joined in 2021

    31

  9. A

    Annie Li

    Joined in 2017

    31

  10. R

    Rachel Li

    Joined in 2019

    29

Most frequent annotators

Last 28 days

Crickets. No one is here. It’s time to get the word out.

All time

  1. G

    Guy Freeman

    Joined in 2015

    17

  2. Profile image for Gordon Yip

    Gordon Yip

    Joined in 2016

    7

  3. Profile image for Simon Wang

    Simon Wang

    Joined in 2021

    6

  4. N

    nuageamk

    Joined in 2015

    5

  5. S

    Scott Edmunds

    Joined in 2015

    3

  6. B

    Brian Leung

    Joined in 2017

    2

  7. C

    C.C. Kan

    Joined in 2016

    2

  8. K

    Kelvin Lee

    Joined in 2017

    2

  9. T

    Taku Guo

    Joined in 2022

    1

  10. D

    David M. Webb

    Joined in 2015

    1

Requests

Hidden

From time to time requests need to be hidden on AccessInfoHongKong. This can happen for a number of reasons. For example, the request could be about someone’s personal information that shouldn’t be public or the contents could be abusive.

Here you can see how often AccessInfoHongKong administrators have hidden requests.

Week starting Request hide events
2015-04-27 0
2015-05-04 1
2015-05-11 0
2015-05-18 0
2015-05-25 0
2015-06-01 0
2015-06-08 0
2015-06-15 0
2015-06-22 0
2015-06-29 0
2015-07-06 0
2015-07-13 0
2015-07-20 0
2015-07-27 0
2015-08-03 0
2015-08-10 0
2015-08-17 0
2015-08-24 0
2015-08-31 0
2015-09-07 0
2015-09-14 0
2015-09-21 0
2015-09-28 0
2015-10-05 0
2015-10-12 1
2015-10-19 0
2015-10-26 0
2015-11-02 0
2015-11-09 0
2015-11-16 0
2015-11-23 0
2015-11-30 0
2015-12-07 0
2015-12-14 0
2015-12-21 0
2015-12-28 0
2016-01-04 0
2016-01-11 0
2016-01-18 0
2016-01-25 0
2016-02-01 0
2016-02-08 0
2016-02-15 0
2016-02-22 0
2016-02-29 0
2016-03-07 0
2016-03-14 0
2016-03-21 0
2016-03-28 0
2016-04-04 0
2016-04-11 0
2016-04-18 0
2016-04-25 0
2016-05-02 0
2016-05-09 0
2016-05-16 0
2016-05-23 0
2016-05-30 0
2016-06-06 0
2016-06-13 0
2016-06-20 0
2016-06-27 0
2016-07-04 0
2016-07-11 0
2016-07-18 0
2016-07-25 0
2016-08-01 0
2016-08-08 0
2016-08-15 0
2016-08-22 0
2016-08-29 0
2016-09-05 0
2016-09-12 0
2016-09-19 0
2016-09-26 0
2016-10-03 0
2016-10-10 0
2016-10-17 0
2016-10-24 0
2016-10-31 0
2016-11-07 0
2016-11-14 0
2016-11-21 0
2016-11-28 0
2016-12-05 0
2016-12-12 0
2016-12-19 0
2016-12-26 0
2017-01-02 0
2017-01-09 0
2017-01-16 0
2017-01-23 0
2017-01-30 0
2017-02-06 0
2017-02-13 0
2017-02-20 0
2017-02-27 0
2017-03-06 0
2017-03-13 0
2017-03-20 0
2017-03-27 0
2017-04-03 0
2017-04-10 0
2017-04-17 0
2017-04-24 0
2017-05-01 0
2017-05-08 0
2017-05-15 0
2017-05-22 0
2017-05-29 0
2017-06-05 0
2017-06-12 0
2017-06-19 0
2017-06-26 0
2017-07-03 0
2017-07-10 0
2017-07-17 0
2017-07-24 0
2017-07-31 0
2017-08-07 0
2017-08-14 0
2017-08-21 0
2017-08-28 0
2017-09-04 0
2017-09-11 0
2017-09-18 0
2017-09-25 0
2017-10-02 0
2017-10-09 0
2017-10-16 0
2017-10-23 0
2017-10-30 0
2017-11-06 0
2017-11-13 0
2017-11-20 0
2017-11-27 0
2017-12-04 0
2017-12-11 0
2017-12-18 0
2017-12-25 0
2018-01-01 0
2018-01-08 0
2018-01-15 0
2018-01-22 0
2018-01-29 0
2018-02-05 0
2018-02-12 0
2018-02-19 0
2018-02-26 0
2018-03-05 0
2018-03-12 0
2018-03-19 0
2018-03-26 0
2018-04-02 0
2018-04-09 0
2018-04-16 0
2018-04-23 0
2018-04-30 0
2018-05-07 0
2018-05-14 0
2018-05-21 0
2018-05-28 0
2018-06-04 0
2018-06-11 0
2018-06-18 0
2018-06-25 0
2018-07-02 0
2018-07-09 0
2018-07-16 0
2018-07-23 0
2018-07-30 0
2018-08-06 0
2018-08-13 1
2018-08-20 0
2018-08-27 0
2018-09-03 0
2018-09-10 0
2018-09-17 0
2018-09-24 0
2018-10-01 0
2018-10-08 0
2018-10-15 0
2018-10-22 0
2018-10-29 0
2018-11-05 0
2018-11-12 0
2018-11-19 0
2018-11-26 0
2018-12-03 0
2018-12-10 0
2018-12-17 0
2018-12-24 0
2018-12-31 0
2019-01-07 0
2019-01-14 0
2019-01-21 0
2019-01-28 0
2019-02-04 0
2019-02-11 0
2019-02-18 0
2019-02-25 0
2019-03-04 0
2019-03-11 0
2019-03-18 0
2019-03-25 0
2019-04-01 0
2019-04-08 0
2019-04-15 0
2019-04-22 0
2019-04-29 0
2019-05-06 0
2019-05-13 0
2019-05-20 0
2019-05-27 0
2019-06-03 0
2019-06-10 0
2019-06-17 0
2019-06-24 0
2019-07-01 0
2019-07-08 0
2019-07-15 0
2019-07-22 0
2019-07-29 0
2019-08-05 0
2019-08-12 0
2019-08-19 0
2019-08-26 0
2019-09-02 0
2019-09-09 0
2019-09-16 0
2019-09-23 0
2019-09-30 0
2019-10-07 0
2019-10-14 0
2019-10-21 0
2019-10-28 0
2019-11-04 0
2019-11-11 0
2019-11-18 0
2019-11-25 0
2019-12-02 0
2019-12-09 0
2019-12-16 0
2019-12-23 0
2019-12-30 0
2020-01-06 0
2020-01-13 0
2020-01-20 0
2020-01-27 0
2020-02-03 0
2020-02-10 0
2020-02-17 0
2020-02-24 0
2020-03-02 0
2020-03-09 0
2020-03-16 0
2020-03-23 0
2020-03-30 0
2020-04-06 0
2020-04-13 0
2020-04-20 0
2020-04-27 0
2020-05-04 0
2020-05-11 0
2020-05-18 0
2020-05-25 0
2020-06-01 0
2020-06-08 0
2020-06-15 0
2020-06-22 0
2020-06-29 0
2020-07-06 0
2020-07-13 0
2020-07-20 0
2020-07-27 0
2020-08-03 0
2020-08-10 0
2020-08-17 0
2020-08-24 0
2020-08-31 0
2020-09-07 0
2020-09-14 0
2020-09-21 0
2020-09-28 0
2020-10-05 0
2020-10-12 0
2020-10-19 0
2020-10-26 0
2020-11-02 0
2020-11-09 0
2020-11-16 0
2020-11-23 0
2020-11-30 0
2020-12-07 0
2020-12-14 0
2020-12-21 0
2020-12-28 0
2021-01-04 0
2021-01-11 0
2021-01-18 0
2021-01-25 0
2021-02-01 0
2021-02-08 0
2021-02-15 0
2021-02-22 0
2021-03-01 0
2021-03-08 0
2021-03-15 0
2021-03-22 0
2021-03-29 0
2021-04-05 0
2021-04-12 0
2021-04-19 0
2021-04-26 0
2021-05-03 0
2021-05-10 0
2021-05-17 0
2021-05-24 0
2021-05-31 0
2021-06-07 0
2021-06-14 0
2021-06-21 0
2021-06-28 0
2021-07-05 0
2021-07-12 0
2021-07-19 0
2021-07-26 0
2021-08-02 0
2021-08-09 0
2021-08-16 0
2021-08-23 0
2021-08-30 0
2021-09-06 0
2021-09-13 0
2021-09-20 0
2021-09-27 0
2021-10-04 0
2021-10-11 0
2021-10-18 0
2021-10-25 0
2021-11-01 0
2021-11-08 0
2021-11-15 0
2021-11-22 0
2021-11-29 0
2021-12-06 0
2021-12-13 0
2021-12-20 0
2021-12-27 0
2022-01-03 0
2022-01-10 0
2022-01-17 0
2022-01-24 0
2022-01-31 0
2022-02-07 0
2022-02-14 0
2022-02-21 0
2022-02-28 0
2022-03-07 0
2022-03-14 0
2022-03-21 0
2022-03-28 0
2022-04-04 0
2022-04-11 0
2022-04-18 0
2022-04-25 0
2022-05-02 0
2022-05-09 0
2022-05-16 0
2022-05-23 0
2022-05-30 0
2022-06-06 0
2022-06-13 0
2022-06-20 0
2022-06-27 0
2022-07-04 0
2022-07-11 0
2022-07-18 0
2022-07-25 0
2022-08-01 0
2022-08-08 0
2022-08-15 0
2022-08-22 0
2022-08-29 0
2022-09-05 0
2022-09-12 0
2022-09-19 0
2022-09-26 0
2022-10-03 0
2022-10-10 0
2022-10-17 0
2022-10-24 0
2022-10-31 0
2022-11-07 0
2022-11-14 0
2022-11-21 0
2022-11-28 0
2022-12-05 0
2022-12-12 0
2022-12-19 0
2022-12-26 0
2023-01-02 0
2023-01-09 0
2023-01-16 0
2023-01-23 0
2023-01-30 0
2023-02-06 0
2023-02-13 0
2023-02-20 0
2023-02-27 0
2023-03-06 0
2023-03-13 0
2023-03-20 0
2023-03-27 0
2023-04-03 0
2023-04-10 0
2023-04-17 0
2023-04-24 0
2023-05-01 0
2023-05-08 0
2023-05-15 0
2023-05-22 0
2023-05-29 0
2023-06-05 0
2023-06-12 0
2023-06-19 0
2023-06-26 0
2023-07-03 0
2023-07-10 0
2023-07-17 0
2023-07-24 0
2023-07-31 0
2023-08-07 0
2023-08-14 0
2023-08-21 0
2023-08-28 0
2023-09-04 0
2023-09-11 0
2023-09-18 0
2023-09-25 0
2023-10-02 0
2023-10-09 0
2023-10-16 0
2023-10-23 0
2023-10-30 0
2023-11-06 0
2023-11-13 0
2023-11-20 0
2023-11-27 0
2023-12-04 0
2023-12-11 0
2023-12-18 0
2023-12-25 0
2024-01-01 0
2024-01-08 0
2024-01-15 0
2024-01-22 0
2024-01-29 0
2024-02-05 0
2024-02-12 0
2024-02-19 0
2024-02-26 0
2024-03-04 0
2024-03-11 0
2024-03-18 0
2024-03-25 0
2024-04-01 0
2024-04-08 0
2024-04-15 0
2024-04-22 0
2024-04-29 0
2024-05-06 0
2024-05-13 0
2024-05-20 0
2024-05-27 0
2024-06-03 0
2024-06-10 0
2024-06-17 0
2024-06-24 0
2024-07-01 0
2024-07-08 0
2024-07-15 0
2024-07-22 0
2024-07-29 0
2024-08-05 0
2024-08-12 0
2024-08-19 0
2024-08-26 0
2024-09-02 0
2024-09-09 0
2024-09-16 0
2024-09-23 0
2024-09-30 0
2024-10-07 0
2024-10-14 0
2024-10-21 0
2024-10-28 0
2024-11-04 0
2024-11-11 0
2024-11-18 0
2024-11-25 0
2024-12-02 0
2024-12-09 0
2024-12-16 0
2024-12-23 0
2024-12-30 0
2025-01-06 0
2025-01-13 0
2025-01-20 0
2025-01-27 0
2025-02-03 0
2025-02-10 0
2025-02-17 0
2025-02-24 0
2025-03-03 0
2025-03-10 0
2025-03-17 0
2025-03-24 0
2025-03-31 0
2025-04-07 0
2025-04-14 0
2025-04-21 0
2025-04-28 0