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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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Number and annual cost of press officers, communication staff and special advisors employed by DCLG

1 Jul 2014Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)

Request for information on the number and annual cost of press officers, communication staff and special advisors employed by DCLG.

Expenditure on press and communications 2009 to 2010 and 2010 to 2011

22 Sep 2011Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)

Request: For information about expenditure on press and communications, numbers of press officers and hire of PR firms in 2009-10 and 2010-11…

Sources: GOV.UK Search API (filter_content_store_document_type=foi_release) and Cabinet Office / MoJ FOI Statistics CSV. Content published under Open Government Licence v3.0. Browse on GOV.UK →

Responses by year

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Published FOI and EIR responses by year · selected publishers and organisations
Publication year	Published responses
2010	43
2011	31
2012	12
2013	15
2014	11
2015	6
2017	1

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%