'Best councils to do business with' competition 2013
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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
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.
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…
Legal fees
Request: For information about expenditure on legal fees in 2011. Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local Government has released…
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.
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…
Government Procurement Card (GPC)
Request: For information about GPC transactions data. Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local Government has released information…
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.
Trade union activities
Request: For information about the funding of trade union activities Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local Government has released…
Promotional services
Request: For information about Promotional Services Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local Government has released information…
Foreign government websites
Request: For information about access to foreign government websites. Disclosure: The Department for Communities and Local Government has released…
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…
Spend with Rightmove and Hometrack
Request: For information regarding the payments to Rightmove of £26,494 and Hometrack of £3,680 released in our published spend figures for …
FOI requests between January 2005 and July 2010
Request: For a list of all FOI requests received since 1 January 2005 Disclosure: Communities and Local Government has released, for all FOI…
Local authority agency staff
Request: For information concerning agency staff hired by UK councils in 2008-09 Disclosure: Communities and Local Government has released …
Human resources contracts
Request: For information concerning Human Resources contracts let by the Department. Disclosure: Communities and Local Government has released…
Departmental Resource Accounts net resource outturn 2008-09
Request: For a more detailed breakdown of items specified on pages 50-52 of the accounts Disclosure: Communities and Local Government has released…
Estates efficiency programme
Request: Information concerning CLG’s central London estate reduction programme. Disclosure: Communities and Local Government has released …
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%