FOI release: staff and performance management
FCO staff considered to be under performing since October 2013.
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
FOI release: Wilton Park staff earning over £100,000
How many Wilton Park employees earn over £100,000 in 2013 to 2014.
CBI Payments
Request to provide the amount paid to the CBI (and its regional subsidiaries) in membership and other fees.
Contracts and Tendering
Request for the total number of contracts put out for tender by OAG during 2010 and 2013.
Correspondence between OAG and the Yes campaign
Request for all correspondence between OAG and Yes Scotland and all correspondence between OAG and the Scottish National Party
Correspondence between the Advocate General and the Press
Request for details of correspondence between the Advocate General and various members of the Press
First Class Flights
Request for number of first class flights taken by OAG staff.
FOI release: parental child abductions
Parental child abductions and custody cases Jan 2009 to Jul 2014.
Google 'Right to be Forgotten'
How many times have Ministers applied to Google or other search engines to have links removed.
Home Office expenditure on first class flights from 2012 to 2013
Home Office expenditure on first class flights taken by civil servants from 2012 to 2013, broken down by total paid, city of origin airport, destination and reason for the flight.
Home Office Oracle E-Business Suite system
Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) system details including number of users.
Instances of Malware
Request for number of incidents of Malware found on OAGS infrastructure.
Media Statements and Press Releases
Request for media statements and press releases not made public.
OAG Christmas Decorations, parties and cards
Request for amounts spent on Christmas decorations etc. for the last 3 years.
Payroll Giving
Request for number of staff signed up to support a charity from pay.
Software development in OAG
Question on Internal financial management policies relateing to the planning and budgeting of software development projects
Software Purchases in OAG
Question asking for number of software solutions purchased by OAG
Spend on External Legal Advice
Question asking how much the Department spent in total on external legal advice in 2010/11, 2011/12. 2012/13 and 2013/14.
Staff Absences
Request for details of staff absences relating to disability.
Staff Diversity
A number of questions relating to staff diversity
UK Emergency Travel Documents issued for overseas applicants from June to September 2014
Total number of UK Emergency Travel Documents (ETD) issued for overseas applicants from June to September 2014.
Visits to the OAG Website
Request for numbers of visits made to the OAG website
Government expenditure on climate research
Response to FOI request for information relating to Government expenditure on climate research
Pub companies and tenants consultation: correspondence with Greg Mulholland MP and Toby Perkins MP
Correspondence since 1 June 2014 between Greg Mulholland MP and BIS regarding the pub companies and tenants consultation.
Employment of those having a disablity or learning difficulties
Disabled job applicants and employment of those with learning difficulties.
Neonicotinoid field trials communications
Communications with Bayer, Syngenta and Rothamstead research in relation to neonicotinoids field trials.
DWP statistical FOI releases for December 2014
DWP statistical Freedom of Information (FOI) releases published in December 2014.
WIPO treaty for the blind
Emails, letters and any other written communications over a six month period between representatives of UK publishers and the IPO on the WIPO treaty for the blind.
Arrests for racially aggravated public offences
Football related arrests for racially aggravated public order offences under the Public Order Act 1986 and Football (Offences) Act 1991.
Certificates of entitlement to right of abode granted, 2009 to 2014
Number of certificates of entitlement to prove the right of abode in the UK granted from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2014.
FOI responses released by MOD: week commencing 24 November 2014
Ministry of Defence (MOD) Freedom of Information (FOI) responses released during the week commencing 24 November 2014.
Funding of investigations into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
Home Office funding to the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) towards the investigations in to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from 2011 to 2014.
Home Office funding of the Prevent programme from 2011 to 2015
An annual breakdown of the Home Office funding of the Prevent programme from 2011 to 2015.
Naturalisation applications processed between May and June 2014
Number of naturalisation applications broken down by those received and decided between 1 May and 30 June 2014.
Number of detainees escaping from immigration removal centres, 2010 to 2014
Annual breakdown of the number of detainees escaping from immigration removal centres from 2010 to 2014.
Police Officers' age profile and disability statistics in England and Wales
Age range and full time equivalent number of disabled police officers in England and Wales from 2010 to 2014 classified by region.
ProLaser III speedmeter device reliability and legality in relation to motorcycles
The legality and reliability of ProLaser III speedmeter device in its operation on motorcycles.
Cost to taxpayer of seminar
Request for information as to the cost of providing a free seminar at Birmingham Business Park.
DWP FOI releases for November 2014
Freedom of Information (FOI) releases for November 2014.
Government income from patent applications and renewals
Total annual income to the UK government via the IPO for the processing and granting of all patents and patent renewals, both for each year since 2000.
Historical government reports on copyright law
Request for copies of Whitford Committee Report (1977) and Gregory Committee Report (1951).
Intellectual property rights enforcement
Request for information regarding how the CDPA 1998 be enforced in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and a list of enforcement agencies.
Intellectual property rights for Investors In People award
Request for date when the IPR for the Investors in People Award lapses.
IP data request
Request for IP statistics of patents, trade marks and designs granted and in force in the UK (for years 1995, 1996, 1985 and 1986).
Knowledge management, freedom of information and data protection
Request for information as to how the IPO manages information rights requests and other aspects of knowledge management.
Numbers of patent applications January to June 2013
Number of patents applied for by German companies first half of 2013, comparable figure for 2012 and comparison of each with UK companies.
Patent grant statistics
A record of the rate of patent grants, that is the number of granted patent applications per year in comparison to number of applications filed.
Patents by postcode
A list of all patents granted from 1970 to 2000 from applicants in a number of UK locations.
Patent search quality
Details of any benchmarking studies conducted as to the quality of UKIPO patent searches.
Recruitment agencies used by the IPO
Recruitment agencies used by the IPO for temporary and contractor staff and pay bands, all within the last year.
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%