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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 in slaughterhouses

18 Feb 2019Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

The level of funding made available to enable animal welfare controls in English slaughterhouses.

Defra Twitter accounts

18 Feb 2019Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

A list of all Twitter accounts maintained for Defra by either employees or contractors as of 11 January 2019.

Food waste

18 Feb 2019Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

The number and weight of and money spent on food and drink items disposed of by the Department in 2018.

Government procurement cards 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 to date

18 Feb 2019Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Details on how much was spent on government procurement cards and a full breakdown of expenditure on these cards in 2016/17 and 2017/18.

CCTV maintenance and support contract

29 Nov 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

CCTV maintenance and support contract.

Defra Minister and SoS correspondence with MSPs

28 Nov 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Defra Minister and SoS correspondence with MSPs

Secretary of State meetings with HB Grandi and LYSI

2 Nov 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Secretary of State meetings with HB Grandi and LYSI in August 2017.

Information submitted to the European Commission following Ministerial meeting on air quality

2 Oct 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Information submitted to the European Commission following Ministerial meeting on air quality.

Defra Information Asset Register

27 Jul 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Request for the Defra Information Asset Register

Defra spend on social media

25 Apr 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Defra spend on social media.

Meetings with Minister Thérèse Coffey about food packaging and recycling

25 Apr 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Meetings with Minister Thérèse Coffey about food packaging plastics and recycling.

Defra defence fees and fees paid to ClientEarth

5 Apr 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Defra defence fees and fees paid to ClientEarth.

Payments for the Farm Business Survey

21 Mar 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Payments to Rural Business Research (RBR) for the Farm Business Survey.

Legal costs of case brought against Defra on Air Quality plan

15 Mar 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Legal costs incurred by Government in case brought against Defra on the Air Quality plan.

Local authority letters on recycling rates

13 Mar 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

MInister Coffey's letter to local authorities and responses on increasing recycling rates.

Request for information on travelling circuses from April to June 2017

12 Mar 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Request for information on travelling circuses

Request for information on travelling circuses from February to March 2017

12 Mar 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Request for information on travelling circuses

Request for information on travelling circuses In September 2017

12 Mar 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Request for information on travelling circuses

UK list of organic farms and shops 2016/17

6 Mar 2018Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

List of organic farming producers at 31 December 2016.

Correspondence with Greyhound Board of Great Britain

5 Dec 2017Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Emails exchanged between Defra and the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GB)

Air quality legal costs incurred by Defra

20 Oct 2017Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Defra’s costs relating to the legal challenges to the UK national air quality plans for nitrogen dioxide.

Funding for the National Bee Unit

13 Jun 2017Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Funding given to the National Bee Unit, including by Defra.

Inspection reports for travelling circuses with wild animals

20 Apr 2017Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Inspection reports and associated paperwork for inspections carried out at Peter Jolly’s Circus and Circus Mondao since January 2015

Information about travelling circuses

21 Mar 2017Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Information about travelling circuses.

Information received about travelling circuses

21 Mar 2017Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Information received about travelling circuses.

Request for information on travelling circuses

21 Mar 2017Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Request for information on travelling circuses.

Travelling circuses with wild animals

2 Mar 2017Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Travelling circuses with wild animals.

Facilities Management information

27 Feb 2017Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Information on 5 Defra and Animal and Plant Health Agency facilities contracts.

Property Services and Facilities Management contracts

27 Feb 2017Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Property Services and Facilities Management contracts.

Inspection reports for 2 travelling circuses since January 2015

2 Dec 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Inspection reports for 2 travelling circuses with wild animals since January 2015.

Neonicotinoid insecticides

25 Nov 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Communications regarding neonicotinoid insecticides from 11 May 2015 to 6 October 2015.

Communications with pesticide manufacturers concerning bees

24 Nov 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Communications with pesticide manufacturers concerning bees or other pollinators or neonicotinoid pesticides.

11 questions about bovine tuberculosis

15 Nov 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

11 questions about bovine tuberculosis.

England Local Authority Industrial Pollution Control (LA IPC)

4 Nov 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

England Local Authority Industrial Pollution Control permitting expenditure and cost recovery.

Costs incurred by the government regarding Aberthaw power station

28 Oct 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Costs incurred by the UK government in relation to the Aberthaw power station.

Correspondence with the Animal Defenders International (ADI)

24 Oct 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Correspondence with the ADI concerning the investigation of Peter Jolly's Circus' winter quarters.

Information on travelling circuses from August to September 2016

24 Oct 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Information on travelling circuses between 1 August 2016 and 30 September 2016.

Response to HMRC consultation

14 Oct 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Response to HMRC 'Off-payroll working in the public sector: reform of the intermediaries legislation' consultation.

General authorisation given by the Secretary of State to Ofwat

26 Aug 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

General authorisation given by the Secretary of State to Ofwat in June 1995 under the Water Industry Act 1991.

Travel and accommodation spend in financial year 2015 to 2016

23 Aug 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Travel and accommodation spending from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016.

Current staff salaries by grade with effect from 2014

16 Aug 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Current staff salary ranges by grade in Defra as from 2014.

Pay bands for staff at all grades in Defra

16 Aug 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Pay bands in Defra for the Senior Civil Service and staff at Grade 6 and below.

Paperwork relating to the zebra belonging to Peter Jolly's circus

9 Aug 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Updated paperwork in relation to the zebra 'Watsui' and the new foal belonging to Peter Jolly's circus.

Information on travelling circuses between March and June 2016

29 Jun 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Information on travelling circuses between March and June 2016

Air quality and Portsmouth City Council

28 Jun 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Air quality and local government (Portsmouth City Council).

Information on travelling circuses

26 May 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Information received between 1 January 2016 and 10 March 2016 regarding travelling circuses.

Communications received by ministers about takeaway coffee cups

20 May 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Communications received by ministers regarding takeaway coffee cups and information about responding to media enquiries on this topic.

Bovine TB testing in cattle

13 Apr 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Bovine TB testing in cattle.

Court appeal case Rochdale Borough Council

13 Apr 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Court appeal case Rochdale Borough Council.

Any correspondence relating to neonicotinoid insecticides

23 Mar 2016Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Any correspondence relating to neonicotinoid insecticides.

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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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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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