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Information released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (pre 2011)


Information released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2010 will be made available on this page, where the information is of wider public interest.
TitleDate released
BIS special advisers gifts received, May - July 2010 (CSV, 112 bytes)  28/10/2010
BIS special advisers hospitality received, May - July 2010 (CSV, 277 bytes)  28/10/2010
BIS ministerial overseas travel, May - July 2010 (CSV, 1 Kb)  28/10/2010
BIS ministerial meetings, May - July 2010 (CSV, 29 Kb)  28/10/2010
BIS ministerial hospitality received, May - July 2010 (CSV, 3 Kb)  28/10/2010
BIS Special Advisers - gifts and hospitality, May - July 2010 (DOC, 69 Kb)  28/10/2010
BIS Ministers - gifts, travel, hospitality and meetings, May - July 2010 (DOC, 319 Kb)  28/10/2010
UK workforce skills gap (PDF, 13 Kb)  22/10/2010
Speeches made by Richard Paniguian (PDF, 558 Kb)  20/10/2010
BIS ministerial hospitality received - Jan-May 2010 (CSV, 1 Kb)  20/10/2010
BIS ministerial meetings with outside interest groups Jan-May 2010 (CSV, 21 Kb)  20/10/2010
Submissions to the Independent Review of Higher Education and Student Finance (The Browne Review) (PDF, 17 Kb)  19/10/2010

BIS Sheffield Forgemasters FOI requests released documents - Part 2 (ZIP, 8.3 Mb) 

30/09/2010
BIS Sheffield Forgemasters FOI requests released documents - Part 1 (ZIP, 9.7 Mb)  30/09/2010

Art in the offices of ministers and special advisors (PDF, 40 Kb) 

27/09/2010
Number of public consultations in 2009 (PDF, 20 Kb)  23/09/2010
Websites operated by BIS (PDF, 17 Kb)  27/08/2010
BIS payroll and HR information (PDF, 22 Kb)  25/08/2010
Training providers and TQS accreditation (PDF, 19 Kb)  19/08/2010
WEEE data (PDF, 24 Kb)  05/08/2010
Subscriptions to Politics Home (PDF, 22 Kb)  29/07/2010
Monies paid from Union Modernisation Fund (PDF, 17 Kb)  28/07/2010
Contact details for NDPBs and BIS agencies (PDF, 17 Kb)  27/07/2010
Appointment of Howard McKenzie as CEO of Citizens Advice Scotland (PDF, 17 Kb)  22/07/2010
Sheffield Forgemasters FOI requests - Representations received by the Department since the cancellation of the loan (ZIP, 5.2 Mb)  22/07/2010
Guest speakers paid for in BIS in last 12 months (PDF, 18 Kb)  21/07/2010
Funding and staff time given to trade unions by British Nuclear Fuels (PDF, 18 Kb)  16/07/2010
Agency staff employed at BIS (PDF, 11 Kb)  16/07/2010
European Regional Development Fund 2007 - 2012 (PDF, 21 Kb)  15/07/2010
Total student debt (PDF, 20 Kb)  08/07/2010
BIS staff on sick leave (PDF, 30 Kb)  06/07/2010
Mobile devices and laptops lost or stolen in the last two years (PDF, 19 Kb)  29/06/2010
BIS spend on paper (PDF, 17 Kb)  25/06/2010
Insured Advice pilots (PDF, 21 Kb)  21/06/2010
Wastes disposal costs (PDF, 18 Kb)  21/06/2010
Terms and conditions set out, and grant offer letter, to the Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) (ZIP, 8.1 Mb)  18/06/2010
Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme guidance issued to banks (PDF, 116 Kb)  17/06/2010
Use of Government Air Programme for short haul flights (PDF, 17 Kb)  16/06/2010
Small Business Service (PDF, 18 Kb)  16/06/2010
RDA funding and grant schemes (PDF, 22 Kb)  14/06/2010
Meeting BIS BDUK / "Final Third" group (PDF, 20 Kb)  11/06/2010
BIS - Goldman Sachs Fees (PDF, 12 Kb)  01/06/2010
How much BIS has spent on hiring of storage space (PDF, 13 Kb)  20/05/2010
Pay awards made to BIS staff (PDF, 44 Kb)  20/05/2010
Quangos subject to the authority of the Department (PDF, 15 Kb)  19/05/2010
BIS procurement of contractors and construction consultancy services (PDF, 12 Kb)  18/05/2010
Advice BIS has provided to the Welsh Assembly Government on the payment to Learn to Live Ltd (PDF, 16 Kb)  17/05/2010
Employment and Skills Boards total public funds (PDF, 13 Kb)  06/05/2010
Organisation structure chart of HR Directorate (PDF, 25 Kb)  28/04/2010
Re-vamped small loan guarantee scheme and capital enterprise scheme (PDF, 21 Kb)  13/04/2010
BIS ministerial hospitality received - Oct to Dec 2009 (PDF, 16 Kb)  01/04/2010
Bottled water usage in BIS (PDF, 22 Kb)  30/03/2010
Number of surplus staff paid by BIS and cost of surplus staff (PDF, 20 Kb)  30/03/2010
Changes to legislation via Digital Economy Bill (PDF, 18 Kb)  29/03/2010
Advice provided to BIS by the Treasury about approach to calculations of environmental impacts (PDF, 23 Kb)  24/03/2010
Details of complaints or allegations of sexism made by BIS staff (PDF, 23 Kb)  17/03/2010
List of UK companies to which CCPO has referred those seeking advice about CDM projects (PDF, 15 Kb)  16/03/2010
Report issued by BERR entitled "Review of Public Sector Outsourcing" (PDF, 16 Kb)  10/03/2010
Structural chart of procurement divisions (PDF, 37 Kb)  08/03/2010
Structure of NDPBs and BIS (PDF, 32 Kb)  05/03/2010
Cost of rebranding OSI, DIUS and BERR (PDF, 17 Kb)  01/03/2010
Use of video conferencing equipment (PDF, 18 Kb)  26/02/2010
Companies assisted by UKTI DSO with sales to Italy (PDF, 16 Kb)  25/02/2010
BIS officials attending Copenhagen climage change conference (PDF, 17 Kb)  24/02/2010
BIS ministerial meetings with outside interest groups - Oct to Dec 2009 (PDF, 102 Kb)  23/02/2010
Alcohol labelling guidance (PDF, 24 Kb)  15/02/2010
Cost of the report 'The Shape of Future Jobs' (PDF, 11 Kb)  09/02/2010
Number of domestic, short and long haul flights (PDF, 27 Kb)  09/02/2010
Cost of Sector Skills Councils (PDF, 26 Kb)  08/02/2010
List of vehicles scrapped under Scrappage Scheme (PDF, 13 Kb)  05/02/2010
Proportion of BIS suppliers paid in full within 10 days of invoicing (PDF, 24 Kb)  04/02/2010
BIS office lease dates and number of employees (PDF, 16 Kb)  02/02/2010
Operational Efficiency Programme - British Waterways (PDF, 25 Kb)  01/02/2010
Expenditure on Public Transport (PDF, 12 Kb)  01/02/2010
National Minimum Wage Enforcement and Pay and Work Rights Helpline (PDF, 40 Kb)  01/02/2010
Photos of BIS ministers (PDF, 1.3 Mb)  28/01/2010
Studies on the potential for electricity demand reduction in the non residential sectors (PDF, 12 Kb)  27/01/2010
Expenditure on Taxi Travel (PDF, 17 Kb)  21/01/2010
Costs and usage figures for departmental websites since June 2007 (PDF, 43 Kb)  13/10/2009
Costs and usage figures for departmental websites since 2004 (PDF, 40 Kb)  13/10/2009
Costs of departmental websites in the past five years and names of external suppliers (PDF, 39 Kb)  13/10/2009
Wind farms and carbon savings assessment (PDF, 32KB) 26/08/2008
BERR contracts for MDF/Photocopiers/Printers (PDF, 25KB) 21/08/2008
Central government funding for RDAs (PDF, 26KB) 23/07/2008
Duke of York's expenses as UKTI Special Trade Ambassador (PDF, 40KB) 23/07/2008
BERR projects involving software development (PDF, 28KB) 16/07/2008

Central government funding for RDAs (PDF, 26KB)
Worksheet to accompany Central government funding for RDAs (XLS, 23KB)

11/07/2008
Pay rates for Grade 7 equivalent and Permanent Secretary (PDF, 28KB) 18/03/2008
Report on the Light-touch Review of Sitpro Ltd (PDF, 470KB) 16/01/2008
Low Carbon Buildings Phase 2 programme (PDF, 15KB) 30/11/2007
Onshore windfarm subsidies (PDF, 13KB) 19/11/2007
UK WEEE Regulations 2006: list of contributors (PDF, 13KB) 15/11/2007
Annual subsidy for Post Office 1995-2006 (PDF, 23KB) 15/11/2007
Maintenance spending on public buildings (PDF, 16KB) 12/11/2007
Skills Councils funding, for financial years 04/05,05/06,06/07 (PDF, 32KB) 10/11/2007
Renewable Heat Supply Mechanisms (PDF, 17KB) 26/10/2007
Firework Statistics (PDF, 16KB) 18/10/2007
How sites are identified as suitable for wind farm developments (PDF, 19KB) 17/10/2007
Safe Internet Shopping (PDF, 17KB) 12/10/2007
Availability of GIS datasets (PDF, 21KB) 04/10/2007
Top level Organogram available on the BERR website (PDF, 19KB) 01/10/2007
Suitable wind farm development sites (PDF, 23KB) 24/09/2007
Correspondence regarding phone roaming charges (PDF, 22KB) 10/09/2007
Details about BERR’s processes regarding de minimis state aid payments to tourism related organisations (PDF, 18KB) 03/09/2007
Details of UK Trade and Investment Budget and Staffing (PDF, 19KB) 30/08/2007
List of Non-Departmental Public Bodies (PDF, 40KB) 29/08/2007
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) within the Central Government Sector (PDF, 20KB) 15/08/2007
Total annual UK Trade & Investment ICT expenditure for 2006/07 (PDF, 24KB) 14/08/2007
EU structural funds 2000 - 2006 (PDF, 18KB) 07/08/2007
Policy on employing ex-offenders (PDF, 10KB) 31/07/2007
Use of videoconferencing in the DTI (PDF, 11KB) 19/07/2007
Administration costs for Structural Funds in the UK 2000-2006 (PDF, 17KB) 18/07/2007
Number of solicitors and total value of payments to them (PDF, 11KB) 11/07/2007
"Is there life out there?" (habitable planets roundtable) (PDF, 22KB) 27/06/2007
Trade licence applications (SITCL) (PDF, 24KB) 27/06/2007
Concessions and licenses for oil extraction (PDF, 15KB) 18/06/2007
FoI requests about the DTI website (PDF, 27KB) 30/04/2007
Vehicles imported from Japan (PDF, 21KB) 17/04/2007
Staff Suspensions in the DTI (PDF, 20KB) 03/04/2007
Contract status of DTI central services (PDF, 20KB) 07/03/2007
Percentage of DTI staff who had a pay rise of less then 3% (PDF, 12KB) 20/02/2007
Visits of the SoS for Trade and Industry to Northern Ireland (PDF, 18KB) 29/01/2007
Langeled gas pipeline - Economic impact assessment (PDF, 24KB) 25/01/2007
Commission Report - Review of offshore operation of Working Time Directive (PDF, 23KB) 16/01/2007
Basis for figures quoted in “The Energy Challenge” 2006 document (PDF, 20KB) 06/11/2006
Instantaneous load factor for the UK’s wind turbines (PDF, 24KB) 02/11/2006
Application details in relation to the onshore works of Lynn and Inner Dowsing Offshore Wind Farms (PDF, 10KB) 31/10/2006
Accessibility of DTI website (PDF, 198KB) 16/06/2006
Rebuild of DTI website, Brief for Customer Research (PDF, 490KB) 16/06/2006
Questions relating to loans made under the small firms loan guarantee (sflg) scheme during 2005/06 (PDF, 41KB) 12/04/2006
Documentation created by the DTI and correspondence and emails received by the DTI relating to the impact of current skills gaps on business between 24 July 2005 and 24 January 2006 (PDF, 2868KB) 22/03/2006
Alun Michael's engagements involving the construction industry between 5 May and 21 November 2005 (5KB)Papers relating to a meeting between Ian Pearson and Cable & Wireless on 14 July 2005 (PDF, 2363KB) 07/02/2006
List of companies who have carried out work for the DTI in the last three years (PDF, 8KB) 31/01/2006
10 consultancies which have received the highest value of payments in each financial year since 2003 (PDF, 5KB) 20/01/2006
Questions relating to a cargo of Zirconium Silicate stopped by the Bulgarian Authorities in September 2005 (PDF, 11KB) 17/01/2006
Meetings between DTI Ministers & Interest Groups 29 Sep to 31 Oct 2005 (PDF, 13KB) 04/01/2006
MG Rover - Various Detailed Questions and Responses (PDF) 22/12/2005
Services Review Report 21/06/2005
Contracts issued to McKinsey and Company in last 5 years (PDF) 17/05/2005
Recovery of RSA grant from Samsung Electronics (PDF) 13/05/2005
List of all RSA grants given to firms in the Tees Valley area in the past year (XLS) 13/05/2005
Report of the Independent Review by John Casani into the Beagle 2 project (PDF) 11/05/2005

Papers from meetings of the Chemicals Regulatory Forum

01/04/2005
Assessment of BNFL's Business Case for the Sellafield MOX Plant (PDF) 22/03/2005

'Material unaccounted for' (MUF) in relation to Nuclear Material

Information that describes or assesses possible explanations for ‘material unaccounted for’ (MUF), with regard to quantities of plutonium or other nuclear material.

21/03/2005
Costs of establishing the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) (PDF) 04/03/2005
British / German Exchanges of Notes on the Processing of Nuclear Fuel Elements 1980 (PDF) 04/03/2005
British / German Exchanges of Notes on the Processing of Nuclear Fuel Elements 1991 (PDF) 04/03/2005
British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) contracts
BNFL has entered into five Mixed Oxide (MoX) fuel supply agreements for production at Sellafield MoX Plant, all with Framatome ANP.
22/02/2005
The organisation and work of the Office for Civil Nuclear Security (PDF) 08/02/2005

Measures of Draught Beer and Cider

Responses from companies involved in the brewing industry to the December 2000 public consultation. Original published consultation document and March 2002 consultation document republished here for ease of reference.

Responses to Dec 2000 consultation:

07/02/2005

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