Surrey County Council
Request for correspondence with Surrey County Council regarding its 2017-18 financial settlement.
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
Applications for local development orders (outside London)
Request for information on how many councils outside of London have applied for local development orders.
Official Christmas cards
Request for information on the number of Christmas cards issued for 2014, for ministers and civil servants, along with the cost of printing and postage.
Staff on secondment
Request for information about staff seconded to the department and to external organisations.
Alleged breaches of the Civil Service Code
Request for details of the department's handling of alleged breaches of the Civil Service Code.
DCLG information technology infrastructure
Request for details of staffing levels, outsourcing, budget, contact information for key personnel and details on software testing training.
Late retirement enhancement rates
Request for information on when and who made the decision to reduce the late retirement enhancement rate.
Departmental laptops
Request for information in relation to the number of laptops in the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Departmental spend on alcohol in the last financial year
Request for information in relation to the Department for Communities and Local Government spend on alcohol.
Number and annual cost of press officers, communication staff and special advisors employed by DCLG
Request for information on the number and annual cost of press officers, communication staff and special advisors employed by DCLG.
Calls to directory enquiries 118 numbers
Request for information in relation to calls made to directory enquiries 118 numbers.
Firefighter fatalities
Request for information in relation to firefighter fatalities.
Speaking clock
Request for information in relation to calls made to the 123 speaking clock.
Garden city development
Request for information on garden city development.
Pot plants and trees
Request for information on pot plants and trees.
Redundancy packages
Request for information on redundancy packages.
Tenancy deposit scheme
Request for information in relation to tenancy deposit protection schemes.
Zero hours contracts
Request for information on zero hours contracts.
Current contracts register
Request for a copy of DCLG's current contracts register.
Financial assistance to national political bodies
Request for information about financial assistance provided by DCLG to national political bodies over the last 5 years.
NewBuy Guarantee scheme
Request for information on the NewBuy Guarantee.
Procurement card spending
Request for information on the spending on government procurement cards held by staff in the department in the last financial year (2012 to 2013).
Report of an investigation into the use of public funds by Thurrock Thames Gateway Corporation
Investigation of the use of public funds by Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation following its closure in October 2012.
Audit of an ERDF project delivered by Stoke City Council
Request for information about an audit of a project delivered by Stoke City Council under European Regional Development Funding.
'Best councils to do business with' competition 2013
DCLG has released all completed competition entry forms it received, submitted by local authorities.
National Register of Social Housing extract
The Department for Communities and Local Government has released information about an extract of the National Register of Social Housing.
Request for information on the impact of Audit Commission reform on local authority audit fees
FOI request for information on the future impact on local authority audit fees arising from the reform of the Audit Commission.
Request for estimates of future migration to Britain from Romania and Bulgaria
Request for information about immigration from Romania and Bulgaria following the removal of transitional controls at the end of 2013.
Firefighter injuries
Request for information about the number of firefighters who suffered burn injuries in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Government Procurement Card expenditure 2011 to 2013
Request for information about expenditure for each civil servant in the department on corporate credit cards from 2011 to 2013.
Open source software
Request for information about what open source software is cleared for use at the department’s premises at Eland House.
English speaking immigrants
Request for information about the percentage of the population who do not speak English as their main language in their own home.
Local government financial services procurement and the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
Request for information about local government financial services procurement and the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012.
Correspondence with Mary Portas
Request: For correspondence between Ministers, special advisers or officials in the Department dealing with the Portas Pilots and Mary Portas…
Estates professional services
Request: For information about the Department’s Estates Professional Services procurement and requirements. Disclosure: The Department for …
Government Procurement Card
Request: For information about the Department’s Government Procurement Card use, including providers, cards in use, contract information and…
Emergency calls to police and fire control rooms
Request: For the volume of emergency 999 calls made to police and fire control rooms across the country in 2000-01, 2005-06 and 2010-11. Disclosure…
Ministerial visits undertaken by the Secretary of State
Request: For information about ministerial visits undertaken by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government between May 2010…
Early release schemes
Request: For information about early release schemes used to reduce headcount in the Department and related agencies since May 2010 and including…
Meeting with Local Government Association
Request: For a copy of the minutes of a meeting between the Department and the Local Government Association on 18 October 2011. Disclosure:…
Payments to suppliers
Request: For information about the top 100 suppliers to the Department by value during 2009-10 and 2010-11 and total payments to suppliers between…
Council compensation for Council Tax exemption for students
Request: For information about how local authorities are compensated for the loss of income due to properties having exemption from council …
Legal fees
Request: For information about expenditure on legal fees in 2011. Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local Government has released…
Pay progression agreements
Request: For information about the number of civil servants currently covered by pay progression agreements, the lengths of such agreements …
Regulations introduced or revoked
Request: For details of regulations (including primary legislation and statutory instruments) introduced or revoked since May 2010. Disclosure…
Contracts register
Request: For a copy of the Department’s current contracts register detailing all current live contracts. Disclosure: The Department for Communities…
Energy Performance Certificate rating of residential properties
Freedom of Information release about the percentage breakdown of Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes in England and Wales.
Mobile phones
Request: For information about the number of mobile phones and other devices in use in the Department, and payments to Vodafone. Disclosure…
Resourcing mayoral policy
Request: For information about the financial budget and staff resources since May 2010 for any Mayoral Policy Team in the Department. Disclosure…
Expenditure on catering and hospitality
Request: For totals and breakdown information about expenditure on catering and hospitality from the start of 2011. Disclosure: The Department…
Responses by year
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| Publication year | Published responses |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 43 |
| 2011 | 31 |
| 2012 | 12 |
| 2013 | 15 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2017 | 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%