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12,400 published responses 108 organisations Q1 2026 latest stats period 85.5% avg on-time rate

Published Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations responses from central government. Each entry is a public question answered and published by a government body.

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Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) Regulations 2018 - FOI2021/24637

14 Jun 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) Regulations 2018.

Horse passports - FOI2022/10491

9 Jun 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Horse passports.

Defra energy bills - FOI2022/03454

7 Jun 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Defra energy bills.

Mobile phone contracts for Defra and APHA - FOI2022/09640

7 Jun 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Mobile phone contracts for Defra and APHA.

Money spent on working from home equipment - FOI2022/09348

23 May 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Money spent on working from home equipment.

UK list of organic farms and shops - FOI2022/09056

23 May 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Updated list of registered organic farms and shops within the UK.

Collective agreements for unions - FOI2022/04086

17 Mar 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Collective agreements for unions.

Sick leave in Defra - FOI2022/00900

9 Mar 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Sick leave in Defra for the financial years 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 (up to December 2021).

Index of Exempted Dogs - FOI2022/03457

8 Mar 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Index of Exempted Dogs.

Redundancy payments - FOI2021/20825

7 Mar 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Redundancy payments.

Staff numbers for Defra - FOI2021/19739

7 Mar 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Staff numbers for Defra.

Behavioural Insights Team – contracts with Defra - FOI2022/00840

2 Mar 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Behavioural Insights Team – contracts with Defra.

Internal flights - FOI2021/21715

2 Mar 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Internal flights.

Sick days - FOI2021/21314

2 Mar 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Sick days.

Social Media Spend in Defra and the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) - FOI2022/01347

14 Feb 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Social Media Spend in Defra and the Rural Payments Agency (RPA).

Bullying complaints- FOI2021/21515

22 Dec 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Bullying complaints 2019 to 2021.

Dartmoor Byelaws - EIR2021/24336

16 Dec 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Dartmoor Byelaws.

Home working equipment spending - FOI2021/29125

16 Dec 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Home working equipment spending.

Defra Organogram - FOI2021/26915

30 Nov 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Defra Organogram.

Defra funding of Food Standards Agency (FSA) monitoring and enforcement of welfare at slaughterhouses - FOI2021/27051

29 Nov 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Defra funding to Food Standards Agency (FSA) for welfare checks at slaughterhouses.

Printers for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) - FOI2021/24339

29 Nov 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Printers for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Working from home expenses - FOI2021/25077

16 Nov 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Working from home expenses.

Pay for Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) - FOI2021/24420

28 Oct 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Pay for Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Payments to Stonewall - FOI2021/14786

12 Oct 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Payments to Stonewall by Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Sexual Harassment Complaints - FOI2021/21525

12 Oct 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Sexual harassment complaints in Defra, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Aspinall Foundation - FOI2021/10084

8 Sep 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Correspondence with the Aspinall Foundation.

Conflict of Interest- FOI2021/19786

6 Sep 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Conflict of interest policy.

Meeting between Theresa Villiers and the Brazilian Environment Minister- EIR2020/10376

26 Jul 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Details of a meeting on 3 October 2019

Meeting between Theresa Villiers and the Brazilian Environment Minister- EIR2020/17323

26 Jul 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Details of a meeting on 3 October 2019

Meetings with meat companies - FOI2020/30229

26 Jul 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Details of meetings on 3 April and 22 April 2020

Meetings with the National Forest Council, the Tree Council and Sir Ian Cheshire- EIR2021/00891

26 Jul 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Details on the meeting on 20 January 2020

Interim Gamebird Release Licence in England - EIR2021/13158

22 Jul 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Details on the interim Gamebird Release Licence in England

Pick for Britain Campaign - FOI2021/10325

20 May 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Details on the Pick for Britain Campaign

Exempted Dogs Index - FOI2021/11763

5 May 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Number of dogs on the Exempted Dogs Index.

Compensation Paid to Farmers for Cattle Slaughtered due to Bovine TB- FOI2021/00442

28 Apr 2021Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Compensation for slaughtered cattle due to TB.

Food Charities Grant Fund FOI2020/17602

26 Nov 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Food Charities Grant Fund.

Defra flights undertaken in 2019/20 - FOI2020/18150

21 Oct 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Flights undertaken by staff at Defra in the financial year 2019-20

Shortlisting and appointing data FOI2020/22047

24 Sep 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Shortlisting and appointing data.

Reconfiguring office space FOI2020/20929

3 Sep 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Cost of reconfiguring ministerial office.

Spend on low carbon and climate change initiatives 2011 to 2015

30 Jul 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Amount spent by Defra on low carbon and climate change initiatives from 2011 to 2015.

Information Technology (IT) Documents FOI2020/11769

14 Jul 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Information Technology (IT) Documents.

Decision-making for the Forestry Commission’s Commercial Investments FOI2018/20816

29 Jun 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Forest Holiday Review.

The Zoos Expert Committee (ZEC) FOI2020/05320

24 Jun 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Members of the Zoos Expert Committee (ZEC).

Organic operators in the United Kingdom (UK) FOI2020/08503

14 May 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Organic operators in the United Kingdom (UK).

Printers and printing devices FOI2020/01088

21 Apr 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Printers and printing devices.

Unpublished invoices FOI2020/01226

21 Apr 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Information about invoice data.

Sexual assault and bullying in Defra FOI2018/20746

3 Apr 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Sexual assault and bullying in Defra.

Statistics on the Index of Exempted Dogs FOI2020/03986

3 Apr 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Statistics on the Index of Exempted Dogs.

Carbon footprint FOI2020/00876

12 Mar 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Defra's carbon footprint.

Pay Review 2019/20 FOI2020/01238

6 Mar 2020Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Pay review for 2019/20.

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Published FOI and EIR responses by year · selected publishers and organisations
Publication year	Published responses
2013	194
2014	456
2015	128
2016	25
2017	10
2018	15
2019	43
2020	26
2021	20
2022	25
2023	33
2024	34
2025	11
2026	12

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Top publishers

By volume of published responses

Home Office 1,648

Foreign & Commonwealth Office 1,159

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 1,032

Highways England 742

Civil Nuclear Police Authority 686

Department of Energy & Climate Change 599

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales 593

Driving Standards Agency 518

FOI timeliness — Q1 2026

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Best on-time rates

Debt Management Office

100.0%

Serious Fraud Office

100.0%

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

99.0%

Wales Office

96.8%

Charity Commission

96.6%

Lowest on-time rates

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

50.0%

Health and Safety Executive

63.0%

Department for Business and Trade

67.0%

Cabinet Office

69.9%

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

73.6%

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