GOV.UK Published FOI Responses

Information on money paid to trade unions, amount of staff time spent on trade union duties and how staff pay subscriptions.

Replies to the Freedom of Information request on the pub companies and tenants consultation.

The cost of appointing two Entrepreneurs-in-Residence to advise on small business policy.

Lists company names that have the UK taxpayer as shareholder (even if a minority shareholder).

The number of BIS mobile phones, laptops or iPads listed as lost or stolen in the last 5 years and the number issued to staff.

Payments to Rothschild Group, Lazard, Linklaters, UBS, Goldman Sachs and Barclays for work or advice provided during privatisation of Royal Mail.

External recruitment agencies used by BIS to recruit temporary or contractor staff in the last year including job titles and grades or pay bands.

Information relating to the Start-up Loans scheme including partners of the scheme, loans and the evaluation.

The Department's total spend on recruitment for the financial year 2012 to 2013 ending in April 2013.

Information released on the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills interim identity guidelines, including the Board of Trade crest.

Cost for due diligence work linked to the £100m of funding allocated to Yorkshire & the Humber from third round of the Regional Growth Fund.

Amount of money BIS is paying UBS and Lazard for their advice on the privatisation of Royal Mail.

The department's current policy 
in relation to public and privilege holidays that fall during a period 
of maternity, paternity or adoption leave.

The total cost of responding to 
FOI requests and the total number of requests received in each financial 
year since the act's introduction.

Number of BIS staff employed on fixed term contracts in 2012 to 2013 with annual pay, contract length and job title.

Number of Freedom of Information requests the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has received, how the department dealt with these

Value, costs to BIS, and liabilities under the Small Firms Loan Guarantees (SFLG) Scheme for loans made 1 December 2005 to 31 January 2009.

Department for Business, Innovation & Skills guidance on 'unpaid internships' and 'unpaid interns'.

The numbers and costs for BIS recruitment for the 2011 to 2012 financial year

The number of staff BIS hired in 2011 to 2012 financial year who have received a promotion.

Correspondence regarding the financial loan provided to Drax Group plc to fund biomass and biofuels by the Green Investment Bank in 2012.

21 questions relating to the noise pollution from propane gas guns and information regarding the policy.

The number of staff hired by BIS in 2011 to 2012 who voluntarily left between 6 and 9 months.

Staff retained by BIS in 2011 to 2012 after their probation period.

Secondments to the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) from KPMG, Ernst & Young, PWC & Deloitte.

Number of people are employed by BIS, including communications staff, and the number of men and women annually, March 2010 to January 2013.

Provides the number of staff on payroll as of 31 January 2013 and number who make payroll giving donations to charity.

Boardroom diversity: responses from the 7 FTSE companies.

Information about web traffic for BIS content on gov.uk website.

Average (mean) age of civil servants at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and total number of BIS civil servants.

BIS business appointment applications by all grades since 2010 and the number of declines.

Number of days of special paid leave granted by BIS in each of the three last financial years.

Cost of external recruitment consultants for each of the BIS Senior Civil Service (SCS) posts appointed over the past two financial years.

Correspondence between Ed Davey (and/or his personal office) and Tesco, (or its representatives) between May 2010 and April 2012.

Correspondence between Lord Green (and /or his private office) and Google from September 2010 to January 2012.

Breakdown of the cost of re-locating government staff to Apex Court in Nottingham from other parts of the East Midlands.

Outlines the department's central media monitoring costs for the financial year 2011 to 2012, including traditional and social media.

A breakdown of the EFG loans by sector for each quarter from January 2009 to June 2012.

Freedom of information release relating to Lord Green's Middle East Task Force meeting in February 2012 to discuss trade and investment.

Freedom of information release about the number of RGF bids, which were successful in the RGF funding rounds, but were subsequently withdrawn or stopped due to State Aid problems, private finance problems or other issues.

Freedom of information release about the number of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) staff who received bonuses in 2010 and 2011, the average amount and total amount paid in bonuses to staff.

Freedom of information release about performance related payments to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) staff for the financial year 2011/2012, including the percentage of staff awarded performance related payments, and the number of staff who got payments of differing values displayed in £2,500 increments.

Covers the relationship between the proportion of women on corporate boards and enhanced corporate financial performance.

Freedom of information release about the number of criminal prosecutions of individuals acting as directors while disqualified, arising from referrals to BIS Criminal Enforcement by the Insolvency Service, for the period 2007/8 to 2011/12.

Freedom of information release relating to details of bonuses paid by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to staff in each of the last three financial years (2009 to 2012).

Freedom of information release relating to the countries invited by the Government to the Farnborough International Airshow 2012, specifically a breakdown of the delegation in terms or military and/ or civilian representatives.

Freedom of information release about bonuses paid by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) for the tax year ending April 5th 2012.

Freedom of information release relating to the annual pay and salary scale of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) civil servants in 2010 or 2011.

Freedom of information release about the number of unique visitors each month to the Business Link (www.businesslink.gov.uk) website, since May 2009.