GOV.UK Published FOI Responses

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.

12,277
Published Responses
125
Organisations
Q3 2025
Latest stats period
87.6%
Avg on-time rate

Best on-time rates — Q3 2025

Rural Payments Agency
100.0%
Office of Rail and Road
100.0%
Debt Management Office
100.0%
Serious Fraud Office
97.1%
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
97.1%

Lowest on-time rates — Q3 2025

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
41.5%
Home Office
67.1%
Ministry of Defence
74.6%
Health and Safety Executive
74.7%
Cabinet Office
75.5%

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29 July 2021 Security Industry Authority  ·  View inquiry tracking
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for the number of Public Space Surveillance (CCTV) licence holders in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.
27 July 2021 Security Industry Authority  ·  View inquiry tracking
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for clarification on the rules for displaying an SIA licence when working in an amusement arcade.
26 July 2021 Security Industry Authority  ·  View inquiry tracking
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for the name of a police officer who provided information that led to the SIA suspending a licence.
Details on the interim Gamebird Release Licence in England
20 July 2021 Security Industry Authority  ·  View inquiry tracking
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for clarification on whether the SIA conducts credit checks on SIA licence holders.
13 July 2021 Security Industry Authority  ·  View inquiry tracking
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for the number of SIA licence holders who must submit mental health reports.
28 June 2021 Security Industry Authority  ·  View inquiry tracking
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for details of the number of SIA licence holders and their average wage.
24 May 2021 Security Industry Authority  ·  View inquiry tracking
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for clarification on the rules for displaying (wearing) a front line SIA licence.
26 January 2021 Security Industry Authority  ·  View inquiry tracking
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for information on the breakdown of SIA licence holders by gender.
23 August 2020 Security Industry Authority  ·  View inquiry tracking
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for clarification on whether individuals enforcing social distancing measures require an SIA licence.
16 August 2020 Security Industry Authority  ·  View inquiry tracking
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for a breakdown of the gender and ethnicity of SIA licence holders, 2015 to 2020.
16 July 2020 Security Industry Authority  ·  View inquiry tracking
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for the number of licence applications received from specified UK cities between 2015 and July 2020.
Information about licences of right (LORs).
Request for number of compulsory licences granted in 2017 under EC Regulation 816/2006.
Export licences and Saudi Arabia.
Request for information about applications for compulsory licences.
The nil response to an FOI asking for information about how to obtain a licence for growing cannabis and how many the CNC has issued
Details of expenditure on software, contracts and licences from 2014
7 December 2016 Monitor  ·  View inquiry tracking
Information on the manufacturers used by NHS Improvement, and the expiry dates, costs and duration of licences, for various IT security areas.
Request for information on any applications for extended collective copyright licences.
1 November 2016 Companies House
Request regarding Companies House software licences.
Licence applications, inspection reports and paperwork relating to travelling circuses.
Response to an FOI requesting information on how much the department has spent on media licences
4 March 2016 Monitor  ·  View inquiry tracking
A list of the media licences Monitor paid for 2013-14 with details of how much Monitor paid for these licences.
12 February 2016 Intellectual Property Office
Request for figures of sub-licences of patents, trade marks and registered designs.
FOI response for the number of driving licence checks made by EDECS users.
FOI response for full and provisional driving licences by age and gender.
FOI response for the number of new driving licence applications in the last 3 years.
Number of agreements, licences and/or memorandums of understanding (MOUs) entered into between OAG and the Saudi Arabian government.
FOI response for the number of Ford Escort RS Turbos that are licenced or declared off road (SORN)
FOI response for the number of driving licence holders in Norfolk and Suffolk broken down by gender, age and the amount of penalty points.
FOI response detailing the number of times EDECS (Electronic Driver Entitlement Checking Service) was used between January 2013 and January 2015
FOI response detailing the number of registered drivers in Helensburgh who have more than 6 penalty points on their driving licence.
Request for information on the number of patents that have been assigned and on which ten or more licences have been recorded.
Request of information on software licences at the HCA.
Circus Mondao licence applications and correspondence.
Numbers of prohibited type dogs on exempted index and numbers of licences issued under Danderous Wild Animals Act 1976.
FOI response detailing the number of Driving Licences issued, First Applications and Renewals in 2012/13.
FOI response detailing the number of drivers in Britain who hold a driving licence with 12 or more penalty points (endorsements).
FOI response detailing the number of first provisional driving licences issued in September, October and November 2014.
20 February 2015 Intellectual Property Office
Request for information on number of compulsory licenses granted within the UK.
5 January 2015 Home Office  ·  View inquiry tracking
The date when the sponsor licence for the Centre for Teaching in Management Ltd was suspended and reinstated
5 January 2015 Home Office  ·  View inquiry tracking
Tier 2 register of sponsor licence holders as of 10 September 2014, including sponsor name, industry sector and rating.
5 January 2015 Home Office  ·  View inquiry tracking
Tier 4 sponsors based in Scotland who had their licence revoked between 1 January 2009 and 31 October 2014
5 January 2015 Home Office  ·  View inquiry tracking
Tier 4 sponsor visits where the licences were suspended or revoked in June and July 2014.
The start and end dates of badger cull licences in 2014.
20 November 2014 Civil Nuclear Constabulary
Response to FOI about the cost of television licences to the CNC in the last year.
FOI response on the number of drivers with 12 or more points on their licence in Greater Manchester, London and Birmingham.
FOI response gives the total number of first provisional driving licence applications annually 1993 to 2014.
FOI response Section 21 giving the link for published statistics of driving licence holders with 9 penalty points on their driving licence.
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