FOI release: private security services in Iraq
Private security companies contracted by the FCO to protect British staff in Iraq 2009 to 2014.
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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.
Published responses
Smartphone 'apps'
Response to request for details of smartphone applications (‘apps’) downloaded onto ministerial mobile phones and/or tablets.
Area contract documents
Response to a request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act about Highways Agency Area contract documents.
FOI responses released by MOD: week commencing 12 January 2015
Ministry of Defence (MOD) Freedom of Information (FOI) responses released during the week commencing 12 January 2015.
Information on badger culls of 2013 and 2014
Information about the badger culls of 2013 and 2014.
Accommodation for trade union business
Request to provide details of office accommodation for trade union business and related miscellaneous costs.
Distribution of laptops to staff
Request for information on the numbers of laptops issued to staff for 2010 and 2013.
FoI requests costs
Response to request for details of resource costs to the department responding to FoI requests.
Historical trade mark fees
Request for old fees for trade mark filing and renewal.
Information regarding patents granted in all IPC classes and G06 in particular
Request for patent grant rate going back 10 years for UK patents and also, if possible, EP patents with a breakdown by IPC code, including notably class G06.
Isles of Scilly and the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
Isles of Scilly and the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
Number of patents in force in the UK
Request for the number of patents in force in the UK in 2011 and 2012.
Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) provision
Oracle E-Business Suite and ERP provision at Defra.
Patent application statistics in recent years
Request for information on the numbers of patent applications applied for in the UK in recent years, in particular by individual inventors.
Patent Box and UK patent filings
Request for number of patent filings from January to end October 2013, to measure success of Patent Box scheme.
Patent filing and patents granted to sole inventors
Patent filing and patents granted to sole inventors
Patent restoration statistics
Request for the number of patents filed annually and the number of cases per year subject to insurance claims.
Registered value of IP
Request for registered value of IP in the UK and the percentage which is thought to be unregistered.
Request for information about trade mark procedures
Request for information about trade mark oppositions, staffing of the trade mark Registry, etc.
Request for IP statistics
Request to provide data points for patents, trade marks and designs, broken down by region to NUT S3 level.
Trade mark application and opposition statistics
Request for statistics of trade mark applications claiming priority from an earlier application, International trade mark applications and certain oppositions.
Trade mark applications filed through Irish agents
Request for figures of trade mark applications filed through Irish agents during 2008 to 2012 inclusive.
Trade mark data requests
Request for total UK trade mark applications in 2012 and applications in Class 5 only (pharmaceuticals, disinfectants etc.), similar figures for marks in force and growth rate in recent years.
Low Pay Commission Staff Salary Bands
Low Pay Commission's response to a request for staff salary band details
Ministerial offices
Response to request for details of the size of each DECC minister's personal office.
Private Sector Secondees
Request for the number of civil servants from OAG seconded to work in the private sector and the number of private sector 'secondees' to OAG
UK imports of marine and other fish
Total number of UK imports of marine and some other species of fish per exporting country.
SSAC FOI releases 2014
Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) Freedom of Information (FOI) releases for 2014.
FOI release: FCO postage costs
Postage costs for 2012 to November 2014.
FOI release: report on British policy on Iran 1974-1978
Report on British policy on Iran 1974-1978 by Sir Nicholas Browne.
Green Deal Home Improvement Fund applications
Response to FOI request for details for information relating to applications for the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF).
List of Matt Hancock’s staff and their salaries
Response to FOI request for details Matt Hancock’s staff and their salaries.
A12 Ingatestone
Response to a request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act about road surface repair work at A12 Ingatestone.
Breaches of the civil service code
Breaches of the civil service code.
Correspondence with the NFU on the National Pollinator Strategy
Correspondence between the NFU and Defra on the National Pollinator Strategy.
Disclosure Log: April 2014-September 2014
Disclosure logs for Freedom of Information releases between April - September 2014
EU funding for UK bees and beekeeping
EU funding for UK bees and beekeeping in 2012 to 2013 and 2013 to 2014.
Use of Chembio Inc. Dual Path Platform VetB test on badgers
Use of the Chembio Inc. Dual Path Platform VetB (DPP) test on badgers (Meles meles).
Consultation responses on the National Pollinator Strategy
Consultation responses on the National Pollinator Strategy.
FOI releases for December 2014
Ministry of Justice FOI releases for December 2014
Ministers' time within DECC
Response to FOI request for details on the amount of time ministers spent in the Department.
FOI release: independence movements in West Papua or Western New Guinea
Independence movements in West Papua or Western New Guinea 2010 to 28 September 2014.
FOI release: Wilton Park and the civil service code
Wilton Park and the civil service’s core values and standards of behaviour.
Research misconduct allegations against staff
Research misconduct allegations made against staff in core Defra.
Spend with iTunes and Android
Spend in the iTunes and Android stores by Defra.
Maintenance on M6 motorway
Response to a request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act about maintenance spend on the M6 motorway.
Annual budgets for Border Force from 2003 to 2014
The annual budgets for Border Force from 2003 to 2014.
Applications for registration as British citizens by minors from 2002 to 2014
Applications for registration as British citizens made by minors under section 1 (4) between 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2014.
Applications received for SET (O) and Tier 1 category in 2014
Processing times for SET (O) and Tier 1 category applications received between 1 January 2014 and 30 June 2014 which have been completed
Average and longest length of stay for a detainee at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre
Average length of stay as at 31 October and longest length of stay as at 4 November 2014 for a detainee at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
Responses by year
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| Publication year | Published responses |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2005 | 202 |
| 2006 | 256 |
| 2007 | 200 |
| 2008 | 91 |
| 2009 | 86 |
| 2010 | 327 |
| 2011 | 421 |
| 2012 | 870 |
| 2013 | 1,106 |
| 2014 | 1,850 |
| 2015 | 1,355 |
| 2016 | 1,160 |
| 2017 | 1,178 |
| 2018 | 529 |
| 2019 | 348 |
| 2020 | 335 |
| 2021 | 595 |
| 2022 | 368 |
| 2023 | 298 |
| 2024 | 340 |
| 2025 | 276 |
| 2026 | 208 |
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%