In relation to (a) freedom of information requests, the figures for the last five financial years are as follows: Year Number of FOI requests responded to on time Number of FOI responses issued late April 2017 - March 2018 2113 431 April 2018 - March 2019 2671 311 April 2019 - March 2020 2662 156 April 2020 - March 2021 2561 649 April 2021 - March 2022 3291 608 In relation to (b) Ministerial correspondence the figures for the last five financial years are as follows: Year Correspondence responded to on time Correspondence responded to after the 20 day correspondence target April 2017 - March 2018 31941 3835 April 2018 – March 2019 27448 5219 April 2019 – March 2020 23488 4211 April 2020 - March 2021 62323 44921 April 2021 - March 2022 55600 15922 It should be noted that the Scottish Government changed correspondence management system through the period 2018 to the end of 2020.