DCLG director general to join Capita Symonds
Request: For correspondence relating to the appointment of Richard McCarthy, Director General for Neighbourhoods, to a post in Capita Symonds…
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
Expenditure on press and communications 2009 to 2010 and 2010 to 2011
Request: For information about expenditure on press and communications, numbers of press officers and hire of PR firms in 2009-10 and 2010-11…
Energy efficiency
Request: For information about energy (gas and electricity) consumption in 2010-11. Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local Government…
Ministers' attendance at lunches and dinners
Request: For information about the identities of Ministers who had attended lunches and dinners listed amongst information released by the Department…
Expenditure on catering
Request: For information about expenditure on sandwiches for Ministers and/or officials, and on catering in general, at meetings within the …
Community Budgets: minutes of meetings
Request: For information about meetings of the Community Budgets and Local Productivity Group between 17 May and 22 June 2011, and the Community…
Overseas trips by ministers
Request: For information about the locations, dates, officials accompanying and expenses claimed for overseas trips by ministers since May 2010…
Government Procurement Card (GPC)
Request: For information about GPC transactions data. Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local Government has released information…
Prevent funding
Request: For information about funding provided to organisations under the Preventing Violent Extremism strategy Disclosure: The Department…
Government Procurement Card (GPC) guidance
Request: For a copy of all GPC statements since May 2009; a list of issued cards, where they are kept and who is authorised to use each card…
Local authority expenditure above £500
Request: For copies of any internal documents, reports and memos that relate to issues involving the Department’s requirement for councils to…
County flags and meetings with English council leaders
Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local Government has released information about the expenditure incurred in flying county flags…
Community Budgets: agendas and minutes
The Department for Communities and Local Government has released copies of the agendas, minutes and others papers relating to recent meetings about Community Budgets.
Visits to and meetings with local authorities and visits to civil society organisations
Request: For details of Ministers’ visits to and meetings with local authorities, and visits to civil society organisations, between May 2010…
Government Procurement Cards - 2008 to 2011
Request: For details of all spending on government credit cards by civil servants in the Department over the last three years. Disclosure: …
Business rates and Revenue Support Grant
Request: For information about business rates contributed by and redistributed to local authorities, and the amount of Revenue Support Grant…
Publication of spending data by local authorities
Request: For copies of all correspondence between the Department for Communities and Local Government and local authorities relating to the …
External consultants
Request: For information about the Department’s expenditure on external consultants in the financial year 2010/11. Disclosure: The Department…
Government Procurement Card - 2010 to 2011
Request: For copies of all statements for credit cards held on behalf of the Department since 1 April 2010. Disclosure: The Department for …
Conduct of ministers, special advisers and senior civil servants
Request: For information since May 2010 about: the performance and conduct of special advisers; any disciplinary matters concerning Ministers…
Church of Scientology
Request: For a copy of e-mails between Ministers and special advisers in the Department for Communities and Local Government and Westminster…
Trade union activities
Request: For information about the funding of trade union activities Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local Government has released…
Department of Communities and Local Government staff salaries over £100,000 per annum
Request: Freedom of information request for names, position and salaries of staff employed in the DCLG earning over £100,000 per annum and those…
Promotional services
Request: For information about Promotional Services Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local Government has released information…
Department of Communities and Local Government use of celebrities in campaigns or adverts
Request: For information about the Departmental use of celebrities in campaigns or adverts Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local…
Cost of departmental away days
Request: For information about the cost of away days and team building events. Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local Government…
Local authority representations on publication of spending data
Request: For information about the representations received from local councils and associations of local councils relating to publishing information…
Pay and pensions for ministers
Request: Freedom of Information disclosure for information about ministers’ pay reductions and pensions contributions. Disclosure: The Department…
First class travel
Request: For information about Departmental policies and guidance and expenditure for 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 on employee first class travel…
Permanent Secretary's meetings
Request: For information about meetings between the Permanent Secretary and external organisations Disclosure: The Department for Communities…
Recruitment of short-term or temporary staff
Request: For information about recruitment of staff on short-term or temporary contracts since May 2010, to include the name and job title of…
Short term employment contracts
Request: For information about short term or temporary employment contracts since the start of the Coalition Government. Disclosure: The Department…
Staff bonuses
Request: For information about bonuses paid to staff for the financial years 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 and current financial year. Disclosure…
Foreign government websites
Request: For information about access to foreign government websites. Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local Government has released…
Meetings with the Department for Education
Request: For information about meetings between ministers or special advisers in the Department for Communities and Local Government, and ministers…
Future of the Government Office Network - additional statistical and factual information
Request: For information concerning consultations and meetings regarding the future of the Government Office Network. Disclosure: The Department…
Portrait of HM The Queen Displayed In DCLG HQ in London
Request: For information relating to the purchase and display of the portrait of HM The Queen within the Department for Communities and Local…
Abolition of the Audit Commission
Request: For information about the abolition of the Audit Commission. Disclosure: The Department of Communities and Local Government has released…
Inherited council housing
Request: For information about the number of council houses passed on to a successor tenant after the death of the original tenant. Disclosure…
Senior Civil Service (SCS) and Board member bonuses in 2010
Request: For information about the number of SCS and Board members eligible for a bonus and the amount of bonus awarded. Disclosure: The Department…
Government purchasing cards (GPC)
Request : For information about Department for Communities and Local Government’s use of the GPC. Disclosure : The Department for Communities…
Public consultations
Request: For information about public consultations, and their duration, completed by the Department for Communities and Local Government in…
Funding to environmental groups
Request: For information about the amount of money directly spent on or granted to specified environmental groups by the Department for Communities…
Contractual arrangements with Faithwise Ltd
Request: Information regarding the Department contractual arrangements with Faithwise LTD from August 2009 - July 2010. Disclosure: Period …
Maintenance of pot plants
Request: Information regarding the maintenance of Pot Plants. Disclosure: Confirmation that no pot plant has been purchased since May 2010 …
Bonus payments to civil servants
Request: Information regarding bonus payment to CLG staff for 2008/9 and 2009/10 Disclosure: Total number of SCS staff in receipt of a bonus…
Planning Appeal Oak Tree Farm
Request: Information regarding the Planning Appeal for Oak Tree Farm (Ref APP/H1515/A/09/2106911). Disclosure: Ministerial involvement, casework…
Financial assistance towards the education of DCLG employees' children
Request: Information on any financial assistance towards the education of CLG employee’s children at primary, secondary or university levels…
Senior Civil Service Performance Awards
Request: Information regarding the percentage of the Senior Civil Service (SCS) receiving a bonus in 2010-11 (this may have related to reports…
Art in the offices of ministers and special advisers
Request: Information about art and clocks provided for the offices of Ministers and Special Advisers in the Department of Communities and Local…
Responses by year
Read the chart values
| 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%