Number of IPO Staff working abroad
Requesting details on the number of IPO staff granted permission to work abroad.
Source · Transparency & FOI
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
Staffing of Brexit work
Number of staff employed by the IPO to work primarily or specifically on Brexit preparations or policy.
IPO pay settlement
Request for details of the current pay settlement, pay and grading and the trade unions representing IPO staff.
Staff pay and emoluments
Information about remuneration of all staff and emoluments paid to senior staff earning over £100k.
Salaries of trade mark examiners and hearing officers
Request for information about the salaries of staff of the Trade Marks Registry.
Article from Patent Office Examining Staff Magazine
Request for an article from an archived copy of an in-house staff magazine.
Offences relating to illegal streaming
Request for information regarding the prosecution of offences involving illegal streaming and staff numbers dedicated to enforcement.
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.
Intellectual Property Office staff absences
Request for information about staff absences due to sick leave or disability and provision for managing absence due to disability in particular.
Archive information regarding a former IPO staff member
Request for information about Lyndon Bolton who worked for the Patent Office from 1885 until he retired as a senior examiner in 1926.
Distribution of laptops to staff
Request for information on the numbers of laptops issued to staff for 2010 and 2013.
Request for information about trade mark procedures
Request for information about trade mark oppositions, staffing of the trade mark Registry, etc.
Recruitment agencies used by the IPO
Recruitment agencies used by the IPO for temporary and contractor staff and pay bands, all within the last year.
Responses by year
Read the chart values
| 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%