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GOV.UK Published FOI Responses

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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Consultation responses to the environmental principles policy statement - EIR2023/07590

17 May 2023Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

A selection of responses to the environmental principles policy statement.

Deposit Return Scheme Consultation - EIR2021/28203

5 Apr 2023Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

A selection of Deposit Return Scheme Consultation responses.

Deposit Return Scheme Consultation - EIR2023/05194

5 Apr 2023Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

A selection of Deposit Return Scheme Consultation responses.

Environmental Targets Consultation Responses - EIR2022/26298

26 Jan 2023Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Environmental Targets Consultation Responses.

Water Companies correspondence - EIR2022/19061

23 Nov 2022Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Water companies' responses in relation to improvements on sewage discharges.

Fisheries White Paper responses

25 Mar 2019Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Responses to the Fisheries White Paper consultation.

Website petitions

25 Mar 2019Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Defra responses to Parliament website petitions.

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.

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.

Farm animal welfare codes consultation responses

27 Mar 2015Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Farm animal welfare codes consultation.

Consultation responses on the National Pollinator Strategy

8 Jan 2015Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Consultation responses on the National Pollinator Strategy.

Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) for harbour porpoise

14 Aug 2014Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Information in response to questions raised by the Planning Inspectorate regarding the proposed development in Swansea Bay.

EIRs response: environmental permitting and statutory nuisance guidance

15 Jul 2014Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

A response under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIRs) about environmental permitting and statutory nuisance guidance and the roles of the Environment Agency and local council.

Responses to 2010 Defra consultation on cultivation of GM crops

20 Jun 2014Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Responses to 2010 Defra consultation on Commission proposals on freedom for member states to decide on cultivation of GM crops.

Procurement of legal services

18 Jun 2014Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Further information about the procurement of legal services on the back of a response from the Defra Helpline sent on 24 March 2014.

Responses to flood insurance consultation

30 Apr 2014Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Responses to the flood insurance consultation

Defra responses to local authorities on new burdens submissions

11 Mar 2014Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Defra responses to local authorities on new burdens submissions

Determining the extent of use and humaneness of snares in England RFI2013/6075

10 Jan 2014Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Request for information response to the use and humaneness of snares in England.

Honey bees

14 Aug 2013Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Response to consultation on improving the health of honey bees.

Minutes of Greyhound Working Group and responses to Defra consultation

31 Jul 2013Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Greyhound Working Group

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Responses by year

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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

Publisher and organisation selections apply to this chart. Text search and year filters affect the results list only. Responses without a recorded publication date are excluded from the chart.

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

Cabinet Office quarterly statistics · 2,654 data points

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%