Deadline calculators
Every statutory clock on the site, each with its own counting rule. The FOI clocks count working days and use different bank holidays: FOIA 2000 excludes a bank holiday anywhere in the UK, FOISA 2002 only Scottish ones.
Data protection
Subject access request
One calendar month from receipt, to the corresponding date in the next month (or the last day of a shorter month). If that is a weekend or bank holiday, the next working day. Add any days the clock was stopped. Extension: two further months.
Basis: UK GDPR Art 12(3); DUAA 2025 s.76 (requests from 2026-02-05). Bank holidays for 2025 to 2028, by the standard calendar rules. A calculator, not advice.
Other data subject rights request
Rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection and automated decision requests: one calendar month from receipt, extendable by two further months for complex or numerous requests. Same counting as subject access.
Basis: UK GDPR Art 12(3) and Art 12A. Bank holidays for 2025 to 2028, by the standard calendar rules. A calculator, not advice.
Personal data breach (UK GDPR)
Notify the Information Commission without undue delay and, where feasible, within 72 hours of becoming aware.
Basis: UK GDPR Art 33(1). Bank holidays for 2025 to 2028, by the standard calendar rules. A calculator, not advice.
Acknowledge a data protection complaint
Acknowledge within 30 days of receiving the complaint (complaints received from 2026-06-19).
Basis: DPA 2018 s.164A(3). Bank holidays for 2025 to 2028, by the standard calendar rules. A calculator, not advice.
Electronic communications
Personal data breach (PECR providers)
Notify the Information Commission without undue delay and, where feasible, not later than 72 hours after becoming aware. 24 hours until 2025-08-20.
Basis: PECR reg 5A(2). Bank holidays for 2025 to 2028, by the standard calendar rules. A calculator, not advice.
Freedom of information and environmental information
FOI request (FOIA 2000)
20 working days from receipt. Working days exclude weekends, Christmas Day, Good Friday and bank holidays in any part of the UK.
Basis: FOIA 2000 s.10(1) and (6). Bank holidays for 2025 to 2028, by the standard calendar rules. A calculator, not advice.
FOI internal review (FOIA 2000)
Complete an internal review within 20 working days of receiving it, and in no case more than 40, under the section 45 code of practice. Not a statutory deadline.
Basis: Section 45 code of practice. Bank holidays for 2025 to 2028, by the standard calendar rules. A calculator, not advice.
Environmental information request (EIR 2004)
20 working days from receipt, extendable to 40 where the request is complex and voluminous. Working days counted as for FOIA.
Basis: EIR 2004 regs 5(2) and 7. Bank holidays for 2025 to 2028, by the standard calendar rules. A calculator, not advice.
EIR reconsideration (EIR 2004)
Respond to representations asking for reconsideration within 40 working days of receiving them. The applicant has 40 working days to make them.
Basis: EIR 2004 reg 11. Bank holidays for 2025 to 2028, by the standard calendar rules. A calculator, not advice.
Scotland
Scottish FOI request (FOISA 2002)
20 working days from receipt. Working days exclude weekends, Christmas Day and Scottish bank holidays.
Basis: FOISA 2002 ss.10 and 73. Bank holidays for 2025 to 2028, by the standard calendar rules. A calculator, not advice.
Scottish FOI review (FOISA 2002)
The authority responds to a requirement for review within 20 working days of receiving it.
Basis: FOISA 2002 s.21. Bank holidays for 2025 to 2028, by the standard calendar rules. A calculator, not advice.
Scottish EIR review (EIRS 2004)
Respond to a request for review within 20 working days of receiving it. The applicant has 40 working days to ask for one.
Basis: EIRS 2004 reg 16. Bank holidays for 2025 to 2028, by the standard calendar rules. A calculator, not advice.