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The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act encourages public authorities to make information available to the public wherever possible. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) does this by publishing the data that people need to understand who we are, what we spend and what we achieve.

Under the act, we are required to adopt a publication scheme that contains information we make available, and ensure that all published information is in accordance with the scheme. Available information is grouped under the following 鈥榗lasses of information鈥�.

If the information you need is not available, you can聽make a request for it聽under the Freedom of Information Act.

Who we are and what we do

This information covers our organisational details, structure, locations and contacts. This includes:

• about us
• 辞耻谤听management and ministerial team information
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• gender pay gap reporting
• workforce management information
• details of our ministers鈥� meetings with external organisations
• details of聽senior staff鈥檚 meetings with external organisations
• details of聽special advisers鈥� meetings with external organisations
• information about the聽organisations the department is responsible for, works in partnership with, or sponsors
• relevant to聽DBT鈥檚 functions
• senior civil servants鈥� business appointment applications
• 辞耻谤听departmental home page聽includes contact details

What we spend and how we spend it

This is where we publish financial information about projected and actual income, expenditure, procurement, contracts and financial audits. This includes:

• our annual report and accounts
• spending for transactions over 拢25,000
• contracts and tenders worth over 拢10,000
• government procurement card spend over 拢500
• main estimates memorandum
• our ministers鈥� allowances and expenses
• our senior staff and board members鈥� allowances and expenses
• our special advisers gifts and hospitality
• Trade Unions Congress (TUC) facility time reporting
• our prompt payment data
• our spend control data

Our priorities are and how we鈥檙e doing

This information covers departmental strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections and reviews, including:

• our services
• DBT鈥檚 Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy 2023 to 2026
• DBT Inward investment results
• the impact assessments we have made
• DBT Major Projects Portfolio 2023 to 2024
• our service standards
• our statistics

How we make decisions

This is where we publish details of our decision-making processes and records of our decisions. These include:

• DBT鈥檚聽policy proposals and decisions
• our research and analysis
• our public consultations
• 辞耻谤听trade and investment factsheets

Our policies and procedures

This information covers our protocols, policies and procedures for providing services, and responsibilities, including:

• the聽Civil Service Code
• 辞耻谤听complaints procedure
• our recruitment and employment of staff
• 辞耻谤听records management and personal data policies

Lists and registers

This is where we publish details of the department鈥檚 public registers, asset registers and disclosure logs, including:

• our information asset register
• 辞耻谤听public registers and registers held as public records
• the register of gifts for聽ministers听补苍诲听special advisers
• a register of board member鈥檚 interests
• a register of ministers鈥� interests

Data and datasets

You can find datasets published by聽DBT聽on the聽

Requesting information

If you cannot find what you want through this scheme, or otherwise on 188体育, please use our online form.

Alternatively, you can write to us at:

Freedom of Information

Information Rights Unit
Department for Business and Trade
Old Admiralty Building
Admiralty Place
London
SW1A 2DY

贰尘补颈濒听[email protected]

Be specific about the information you want and we will try to find it for you.

Feedback and complaints about the scheme

We want our publication scheme to meet the needs of our customers. Suggestions for particular information which we might in future commit to publishing under the scheme will be welcomed. Any comments on or complaints about the scheme should be sent to the Information Rights Unit at the address above.