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Our services performance

Find out how many documents we deliver to the public, both on site and online, and how people rate our services.

Documents we deliver to the public

The below data give a detailed breakdown of The National Archive on site and online documents.

Number of documents delivered onsite at Kew to visitors
Month 2024 2025
April 37,985 -
May 42,577 -
June 45,845 -
July 47,813 -
August 43,249 -
September 36,523 -
October - -
November - -
December - -
January - -
February - -
March - -
Documents delivered online, measured in page views in millions
Month 2023–4 2024–5
April 29.9 -
May 24.8 -
June 24.4 -
July 28.2 -
August 30.2 -
September 25.4 -
October 24.3 -
November 24 -
December 20 -
January - -
February - -
March - -
Percentage of original records available to users in our Reading Rooms within 60 minutes of ordering.
Month 2023–24 2024–25
April 89% 92%
May 90% 92%
June 86% 90%
July 93% 90%
August 95% 89%
September 96% 91%
October 95% -
November 95% -
December 95% -
January 93% -
February 93% -
March 93% -

Visitors to The National Archives

A monthly breakdown of visitors to our Kew site.
- Visitors to the Reading Rooms Online Event Attendees Students onsite Onsite Event attendees
April 23 2,552 1,990 279 159
May 23 3,001 2,228 708 15
June 23 3,829 3,918 575 486
July 23 3,497 3,131 580 220
August 23 3,781 809 0 0
September 23 2,982 2581 493 NA
October 23 2,936 2456 521 NA
November 23 3377 2527 829 NA
December 23 2184 755 318 NA
January 24 2810 1685 722 NA
February 24 3288 2116 737 NA
March 24 3278 2412 804 NA

How users rate our services

The National Archives assess satisfaction by surveying users of its service. This data includes:

Average online user satisfaction level by percentage.
Year Average reported user satisfaction
2023–24 79%
Average on site visitor satisfaction level by percentage.
Year Average reported visitor satisfaction
2023–24 94%
Average online user satisfaction level by percentage (Legislation.gov.uk).
Year Average reported user satisfaction
2023–24 66%
Online user satisfaction levels by percentage (UK Government Web Archive).
How satisfied are you with the UK Government Web Archive? 2023 2024
Very satisfied/Satisfied 60% -
Neutral 19% -
Dissatisfied 21% -
Total  100% -

Complaints feedback

2025 complaints

This data will be published soon.

You can find previous complaints feedback spreadsheets on the UK Government Web Archive.