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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.
Published responses
Budget for Copyright Tribunal 2016 and 2017
Request for total cost of the Copyright Tribunal.
Copyright Directive Proposal, Article 15
Request for information regarding the UK IPO’s position, particularly in light of Brexit.
EUIPO survey on ‘Orphan Works’
Request for information on participants in a copyright-related survey.
Information relating to charges over IP assets
Request for information on charges over IP assets per year for the past ten years.
Offences relating to illegal streaming
Request for information regarding the prosecution of offences involving illegal streaming and staff numbers dedicated to enforcement.
Trade mark search facility
Request for information regarding changes made to the Intellectual Property Office’s trade mark search facility.
Current number of registered trade marks
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Exhibitions 2016 - 2018
Request for a list of exhibitions attended by the Intellectual Property Office.
Falsification of CVs or job applications
Request for incidents of any staff falsifying CVs or job applications during 2015 and 2016 and information about job grades and salaries.
Late payment of trade mark fees
Request for information about any grace period for payment of application fees.
List of meetings with copyright organisations
Request for details of meetings with copyright owner organisations, enforcement organisations and collection societies.
Summary of calls for views on digital single market proposals
Request for internal summaries from calls for views on EU proposals to reform copyright to help create a digital single market.
Trade marks filed by private applicants
Request for figures of trade mark applications filed by unrepresented applicants.
Compulsory licences
Request for information about applications for compulsory licences.
Grace period for payment of trade mark application fees
Request for information about changes in the grace period for delayed payment of trade mark application fees.
ICT documentation
Request for ICT strategy, business plan and budget documents.
Project management
Request for information about project management frameworks used by the IPO.
Search engines and creative industries anti-piracy agreement
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Spending via government procurement cards
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Streaming services
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Twenty questions about the IPO IT team and infrastructure
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Customer satisfaction
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Data on trade mark applications
Request for information on one year of trade mark applications.
Downloading and streaming IP content
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IPO pay and conditions
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Series trade marks
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Data on patent applications
Dataset of patents. broken down by country, UK region and postcode area.
Figures for patent applications 1973 to 1983
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Historical patent data on the UK regional level
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Trade mark and design application figures
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Measuring the success of patent private applicants
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Applications for extended collective licences in the UK
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Data on UK patents
Request for information on patent applications broken down by sector, region and whether granted.
Earnings of male and female employees
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Intellectual Property filing trends post-EU referendum
Request for information on application rates during August 2016 compared with August 2015 and the monthly volumes for the current year to date.
Intellectual Property Office departmental plans and strategies
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Nineteenth century patent statistics
Request for information on patents filed in the late nineteenth century by UK region.
Patent statistics 1973 to 1983
Request for information on patent filing figures before and after the establishment of the European Patent Convention.
Questions about British trade marks
Request for information on numbers of UK trade marks and trade mark owners.
Research in technological development
Request for patent filing figures from the year 2000 to 2015.
Trade mark database access
Request for UK domestic trade mark data.
Application figures for trade marks and designs week of 27 June 2016
Request for figures of trade marks and designs filed following the EU referendum.
Cost awards in trade mark disputes
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Designs practice manual
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Notice of appeal to the Appointed Person
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Number of patents granted in the year 2000
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Patent data
Patents granted in the last five years by applicants from Swindon Borough Council, Wiltshire Council, the South West and all England.
Patent figures from 1820 to date
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Patent filing statistics
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Responses by year
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| Publication year | Published responses |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 33 |
| 2015 | 55 |
| 2016 | 55 |
| 2017 | 18 |
| 2018 | 49 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 18 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Top publishers
FOI timeliness — Q1 2026
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%