Green taxes
Response to Freedom of Information request for information regarding green taxes
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
Health Management contract
A copy of the contract between the Home Office and Health Management Limited was requested.
LTI camera type approval corroboration
LTI mobile speed camera type approval corroboration including dates and ministerial signed approval.
National and Ipswich DTC for numbers taking the car theory test and passing or failing the hazard perception test
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Number and cost of foreign language translators used in practical driving tests 2011 to 2012
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Number of driver who hold C+ E category, passed C+E 2010 to 2011 and have completed 35 hours periodic training
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Request for clarification: Petroleum Operation Notice 1 data
Response to request for clarification and information regarding Petroleum Operation Notice 1 data
Social media intelligence technology: Home Office funding
Home Office funding for the Metropolitan Police Service project to develop the use of social media intelligence technology.
Test conducted and test passed for category C+E in 2011, 2012 and 2013
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Top tens reasons candidates fail their driving test at Stoke on Trent, Newcastle under Lyme and Nationwide
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Car practical driving tests taken at Southend Tickfield Centre, Southend Prittlewell Chase and Basildon Paycocke Road DTCs 2004 to 2012
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Confirmation that the practical test fee will be forfeit should an accident happen on test
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Driving instructors car check tests taken during the financial year 2012
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Number of suspected or actual impersonators who sat theory or practical driving tests 2011 to 2012
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Police Custody: 17 year olds held in police custody as juveniles.
Data informing the decision to extend the provision of appropriate adults from 16 to 17 year olds in police custody under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (“PACE”) 1984
Car practical driving tests cancelled because of poor weather between 2007 and 2012 at Nottingham Chalfont Drive, Derby Sinfin Lane and Lincoln DTCs
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Car theory test conducted at Leeds TTC and car practical driving test Heckmondwike DTC 2004 to 2013
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Cost of trade unions to Defra 2011 to 2013
Money paid to trade unions by Defra 2011 to 2012 and 2012 to 2013.
English circus big cats
Licence for an English circus to use big cats.
Impact of industrial action on Defra since 2010 general election
Industrial action and working days lost in Defra since 2010 general election.
Incidences where driving examiners have been convicted of bribery in relation to passing candidates on driving tests
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Practical driving test passes at Burgess Hill, Chichester, Crawley, Eastbourne and Worthing DTCs
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Website access
Website access guidelines for Defra staff.
Candidates taking Pass Plus and those passing car practical test at first attempt in Norfolk 2005 to 2012
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Car practical driving tests conducted and passed by age and month 2004 to 2012
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
DECC employees paid less than £7.45 per hour
FOI request for information on how many DECC employees were paid less than £7.45 per hour
DSA test centres policy on recording using CCTV
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Firearms Act 1968: Section 5 Authorities
The total number of section 5 authorities under the Firearms Act (1968).
Home Office Forensic Science Strategy
Home Office Forensic Science Strategy Board: Meeting minutes and notes from 1 January 2012
Impact of industrial action on DECC
FOI request for information on the impact of industrial action since the 2010 general election
Methylphenidate base and methylphenidate hydrochloride importation, 2010 to 2012
Figures on methylphenidate base and methylphenidate hydrochloride importation between 2010 and 2012 were requested.
Percentage of complaints upheld, filed and denied by DSA over the past years
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Person who failed the most theory and practical car driving tests
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Police Pension : Backdated following changes in commutation factors in April 2011
Police Pension: Commutation factors in April 2011. Communications relating to the backdating of police pension.
Police pension top up grant
Home Office funding for the police pension top up grant in England and Wales in 2011 to 2012 broken down by regional police force.
Audit of an ERDF project delivered by Stoke City Council
Request for information about an audit of a project delivered by Stoke City Council under European Regional Development Funding.
Coley Park
303 Coley Park, Reading.
Computershare contract for the Provision of the Gilts Registration Service
Publication of the Computershare contractual information
Costs incurred in relation to the British Beekeepers Association
Fera/Defra costs incurred in relation to the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA).
Meetings with the Prince of Wales
Response to request for information on meetings with the Prince of Wales on bills and policy.
Monies given to British Beekeepers Association (BBKA)
Monies given by Fera to the BBKA.
Number of practical car driving tests with interpreter at Blackburn with Darwen and Nelson DTC and number of voiceovers at Bolton TTC
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Reasons for failed category B practical test by gender in 2012 and total number of faults for passed tests 2010 to 2012
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Administration and marketing cost of Green Deal
Response to request for information on the administration and marketing costs of the Green Deal.
Contracts awarded to external consultants
Response to request for information on the award of contracts to external consultants.
Contracts with G4S and Serco
Response to request for information on contracts between DECC and G4S and Serco
Correspondence between the Department and Philip Morris International (PMI) regarding the EU Tobacco Products Directive
Correspondence between the Department and PMI International regarding the EU Tobacco Products Directive
Image sales
Defra image sales
Number of attempts to pass car practical driving test in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire 2007 to 2012
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Passed and failed practical driving tests at Atherton DTC and theory test at Wigan TTC 2009 to 2012
Response to a Freedom of Information request from the Driving Standards Agency.
Responses by year
Read the chart values
| 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%