Communications between Greg Barker and two journalists
Response to a request for information on communications between Greg Barker and journalists from the Independent and Daily Mail newspapers.
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
Communications between Total and the Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil and Michael Fallon
Response to a request for information on communications between Total and the Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil and the Office of Energy Minister Michael Fallon.
Directions Finningley
Reasons why the department resigned its interest in Directions Finningley on the 14 February 2013.
Equality issues and employment legislation
Equality issues and employment legislation compliance.
EU directives transposed into UK law by BIS in 2013
EU directives that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) transposed into UK law and regulations introduced as a result of EU legislation in 2013.
HRH the Prince of Wales communications with the DECC ministerial team
Response to a request for information on communications between the DECC ministerial team and HRH the Prince of Wales relating to the environment.
Ill health absence
Ill health absence during last 3 financial years
Prince’s Consent
Response to a request for information on Prince’s Consent from 1 September 2013.
Regulation of landfilling of asbestos waste
Regulation of asbestos in landfill sites.
Schiehallion Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (OPEP)
Response to a request for information on the Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (OPEP) for the Schiehallion oil field.
Senior staff pensions
Senior staff and pensions for 10 highest earning employees
Trade union activity
Full and part time trade union representatives, and cost of facility time.
British fresh and frozen produce.
Details of fresh and frozen produce of British origin purchased or supplied to the department.
Compliance with EC Zoos Directive
Compliance with EC Zoos Directive
Contracts with Capita plc.
Details of contracts or frameworks with the company Capita plc and its subsidiaries from 2009.
Experiments on wild caught badgers
Experiments on wild caught badgers
Fleet Management.
Response to an FOI request seeking details relating to the department’s vehicle, leasing and maintenance contracts.
FOI Request: Payment to external contractors and consultants
Request for information: How much has been paid to external contractors and consultants for advice relating to the independence referendum
ISDN telephone lines.
Number of ISDN telephone lines installed at Minister's homes since 2010.
Number of badgers culled
Number of badgers culled
Online shopping and auction fraud crime reported in the UK, January to June 2013
The number of online shopping and auction fraud crimes reported in the UK from January to June 2013.
Spend on business coaching
Spend on business performance coaching
Staff Absence
Response to an FOI request seeking the number of days staff were absent from work as a result of ill health.
TB in culled badgers
TB in culled badgers
Apprenticeships and work experience
Apprenticeships and work experience since April 2012 to the present day
Business appointment rules
Business appointment rules
Business appointment rules SCS and below
Business appointment rules for SCS2 and below
Circus animals applied licenses
Licensing travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012
Database software
Database software in Defra
Details of secondments from external organisations
Secondments from external organisations
Expenditure on life coaching
Life coaching
Experiments conducted on badgers
Exact nature of experiments on wild caught and home bred badgers
Experiments on badgers
How many badgers were captured and how many were bred.
External media training courses
Civil servants and ministers sent on external media training courses
Internships 2008 to 2013
Internships 2008 to 2013.
Job title, grade and salary
Job title, grade and salary in Defra
Marksman training providers
Marksman training providers
Ministerial television training since May 2010
How much has been spent on ministerial television training since May 2010.
Number of abuse allegations
Number of abuse allegations
Research misconduct
Research misconduct
Retention payments 2012 to 2013
Names of staff receiving retention payments, and size of payment.
Seconded staff from NFU 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2013
Staff seconded from or former employees of the NFU 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2013.
Secondments from private sector companies
Secondments from private sector companies
Services for deaf people
Service for deaf people in Defra, its Agencies and NDPBs in the last year
Social media training since May 2010
Money spent on social media training since May 2010.
Staff bonuses 2012 to 2013
How many staff received bonus payments 2012 to 2013.
Staffing and Redundancies
Details of turnover of civil servant staff for the department in 2012 – 2013:
TB testing in culled badgers
Number of culled badgers tested for Bovine TB
Twitter training since May 2010
Money spent on Twitter training since May 2010.
Ofsted free schools pre-registration advice notes: 2013
Ofsted pre-registration advice notes for free schools that opened in 2013.
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%