Requests and responses obtained under the FoIA

The Freedom of Information Act gives you the right to obtain information held by the OFT unless there are good reasons for why the information cannot be supplied.

See the request summaries below for some examples of previous requests made under the Freedom of Information Act and responses from the OFT. All files are PDF unless otherwise stated.

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2012

30 April Information on how many searches of commercial and private properties have been conducted by the OFT with and without a warrant (77kb)

23 April Request for a review of the decision not to investigate the level of charges levied as a result of breach of contract in private parking and seeking information relating to that decision (151kb)

23 April Information in relation to Equalities Impact Assessments the OFT completed in each of the last three years (49kb)

20 April Information in relation to money spent overall on communications and marketing (114kb)

20 April Information in relation to Private Dentistry and Estate Agents (120kb) 

20 April Information about the total spending on equalities and diversity scheme/initiatives in the OFT (20kb)

17 April Information in relation to the review of high-cost credit (42kb)

05 April Information in relation to Ryanair fee charges (131kb)

28 March Information in relation to Ryanair (43kb)

22 March Information about the level of ferry fares and price fixing by ferry operators on the shortest routes to Ireland (126kb)

16 March Request for details as to how to access the document [Tabular results in the consumer survey about extended warranties (39kb)

15 March Information in relation to the Payday Lending Compliance Review (48kb)

9 March Information about the use of Powers of Entry use by the OFT between 2008 and 2011 (76kb)

8 March Information about Email Services (39kb)

2 March Information in relation to the cheque clearing process (50kb)

1 March Information in relation to health claims (46kb)

15 February  Information on the numbers of Disqualification Orders and Undertakings that the OFT has requested and obtained since 2006 under Sections 9 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (CDDA) (116kb)

10 February Information about the market study into Equity Underwriting (62kb)

7 February Information about the money spent by the OFT on legal fees for 2011 (57kb)

1 February Information relating to HCA in connection with the OFT's Private Healthcare market study (130kb)

11 January Information about the photocopier and photocopier leasing industry and the OFT's investigation of this sector in 1994 (137kb)

11 January Information relating to reduction of BACS timescales to two days (43kb)

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2011

16 December Information relating to Supermarket Petrol Prices (55kb)

8 December Information about touting and the ticketing industry (130kb)

8 December Information about IT consultancy fees (44kb)

28 November Information on the number of staff employed by the OFT, the sickness and absentee levels and the annual budget (73kb)

22 November Information about possible infringements of competition law (156kb)

31 October Information regarding dawn raids the OFT carried out in the last 12 months (43kb)

19 October Information about Welsh Translation (49kb)

19 October Information in relation to OFT's enforcement work following its response to the Which? super-complaint into payment card surcharges (124kb)

19 October Information about Bid Rigging in the Construction Industry (101kb)

13 October Information about the number of occasions on which the OFT has taken enforcement action with regard to website operators (49kb)

7 October Information about whether the OFT has considered complaints about festival/concert ticket prices (106kb)

6 October Information about the amount claimed for entertainment spending (115kb)

5 October Information on how much the OFT has spent on green and environmental policies in the past 5 years (125kb)

26 September Information about the OFT’s final decision in response to CAMRA supercomplaint (133kb)

22 September Information regarding discount websites (44kb)

22 September Request for access to dataset concerning OFT market studies (42kb)

14 September Information in relation to our consideration of advertising by Wonga.com (108kb)

13 September Information in relation to the OFT's Communications activities in 2009/10 and 2010/11 (124kb)

06 September Information in relation to Stena and P&O Ferries (P&O) (118kb)

02 September Information in relation to Yes Loans Limited (Yes Loans) (117kb) Press release 85/09 plus download Yes Loans Limited requirements (981kb)

26 August Request for information from the OFT in respect of sickness statistics (44kb)

26 August Request for a copy of the FAME dataset as used on the Oxera Report (100kb) plus attachments Audit Econometrics 2010 (140kb) and Audit Econometrics 2011 (184kb)

19 August Information about the amount of funding and staff time given to trade unions (93kb) plus attachments Facilities agreement addendum Feb-2011 (42kb) and Facilities agreement for union representatives Nov 16 2010 (143kb)

13 July Request for a cashflow for the operation relating to Money Laundering register for estate agents (147kb)

13 July Information about temporary and/or short-term employment contracts issued at the OFT since July 2007 through to the present day (174kb) plus attachments monthly data (xls 23kb) and yearly data (xls 28kb). 

07 July Information about the use of Government Procurement Cards (35kb) plus attachments rules of use for a Government Procurement Card (30kb) and GPC 09-10 and 10-11 data (xls 489kb)

30 June Information about exclusivity arrangements between Visa and LOCOG (94kb)

20 June Information about Online Services (118bkb)

10 June Request for a comprehensive list of companies that had been fined by the OFT for competition infringements (189kb)

09 June Information in relation to complaint issues over poorly fitted floor coverings (53kb)

09 June Information in relation to the exorbitant Sinking Fund Fees in retirement complexes (45kb)

08 June Information about employment tribunals (41kb)

08 June Information pertaining to Consumer Direct Helpline (45kb)

07 June Information about the numbers of prosecutions and civil enforcement actions (108kb)

06 June Various questions in relation to Consumer Direct (182kb)

23 May Information about consultancy charges (62kb)

16 May Query relating to press releases (96kb) plus attachments press release 18/99 (89kb) and press release 41/98 (94kb)

09 May Information as to whether the OFT is trying to get unfair booking fees for concerts, sporting events, etc scrapped (62kb)

09 May Information in respect of leniency applications (48kb)

09 May Information in respect of leniency programme for cartel behaviour (44kb)

03 May Request for a copy of the agreement reached between OFT and McCarthy & Stone Plc (51kb)

18 April Information relating to the OFT's plans for publication of data via data.gov.uk (71kb)

14 April Consumer complaints within the leisure industry (43kb) and Complaints recorded by Consumer Direct in relation to health clubs and gyms & sports facilities, 2009-2010 (31kb)

11 April Information in relation to Ryanair (73kb)

11 April Information about credit card charges by 'low cost' airlines (61kb)

06 April Information in relation to the OFT's investigation into bid rigging in the construction industry in England (pdf 41kb) and attachment (pdf 46kb)

23 March Request that the OFT investigate the impact of drop-off charges at Luton Airport on competition between airport car park operators (54kb)

14 March Request for information referring to an investigation by the Competition Commission into the supply of groceries from multiple stores in the UK (October 2000) (pdf 42kb) and associated press release (pdf 161kb)

04 March Request for data from the 2007 Inquiry into UK Current Accounts (108kb) and Annex B (4.6Mb)

02 March Full request for information on payments made to trade unions by the OFT (42kb)

17 February Full request for information about Personal Travel Group and response (46kb)

16 February Full request for information about bonuses paid to Directors in Corporate Services and response (46kb)

16 February Full request for information in relation to airport car parking and response (50kb)

14 February Full request for information as to whether the OFT is currently investigating the Heating Oil market or has plans to investigate and response (55kb)

11 February Full request for information about whether a company is being investigated and response (58kb)

10 February Full request for information in relation to the REAL Assurance Scheme and response (56kb)

08 February Full request for information in relation to ticketing of events and response (59kb)

08 February Academic research request for Court documents/ information (public domain and otherwise) related to March 2010 RBS case £28.5m fine and response (73kb) and Financial Services Plan OFT1106 (320kb)

02 February Full request for information in relation to Consumer Credit Licence Holder - Quickbridge (UK) Limited, Licence reference 0597616 trading as Wonga, Sameday Cash, Flexible Cash and response (56kb)

28 January Full request for information in relation to OFT document OFT1273: 'Criminal Enforcement of the Consumer Protection from unfair Trading Regulations' and response (48kb), and annexe B (50kb)

27 January Full request for information about the price of domestic bulk liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and response (59kb)

24 January Information in relation to an advertising company associated with its sponsorship of free travel on London Transport on New Years Eve (75kb)

14 January Full request for information in relation to the Government's Spending Review (SR10) and Public Bodies Review and response (64kb)

13 January Full request for information about reporting of cartels to the Office of Fair Trading and response (49kb)

11 January Full request for information in relation to voluntary redundancies since May 6th 2010 and response (42kb)

10 January Full request for information in relation to bonuses paid out to OFT's staff and response (53kb) and bonus data (xls 77kb)

04 January Full request for information in relation to Remuneration (salary and payments in kind) and response (47kb)

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2010

08 December Full request for information in relation to spending on first class rail fares for staff and response (61kb)

06 December Full request for information about the acquisition of the print management strategy and response (47kb)

02 December Full request for cost information in relation to the codes scheme and response (98kb)

22 November Full request for information about an OFT decision that is not available on the OFT website and response (41kb) and press releases from 10 March 1998 (77kb), 2 July 1998 (78kb) and 21 May 1999 (139kb)

22 November Full request for information about OFT logo and response (47kb), corporate logo guidelines (1.8Mb) and acronym logo guidelines (478kb)

22 November Full request for information about judicial reviews on the OFT, and how many complaints etc have been received about the OFT in the past five years and response (269kb)

04 November Full request for information about numbers of staff, effects of SR10 and response (68kb)

13 October Full request for information relating to number of staff employed by OFT in UK and Scotland, money spent on Solicitors / Counsel and CEO's Travel Expenses and response (85kb)

23 September Full request for information about the OFT’s legal services spend for the last five financial years and response (65kb)

06 August Full request for information about external legal costs/fees incurred or expected by the OFT and response (111kb)

03 June Full request for information concerning Gifts and Hospitality register and response (41kb) and attachment (Excel 83kb).

21 May Full request for information concerning Bank Charges and Door-Step Lenders and associated documents.

16 April Full request for information concerning number of people in OFT earning more than £100k and response (47kb) and attachment (Excel 38kb).

28 January Full request for information concerning the OFT's test case into banks' unarranged overdraft charging terms and response (69kb)

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2009

19 November Full request for information concerning a number of matters relating to the OFT'S call for information concerning the bankruptcy annulment sector and response (62kb)

16 October Full request for information about Anti-Money Laundering Registration Fees and response (pdf 43kb), AML fees for 2009/10 (200kb) and AML Fee Calculation 2009/10 (158kb).

09 October Full request for information about Money Laundering Regulations 2007 and associated documents

09 October Full request for information about Consumer Direct and response (51kb)

02 September Full request for information about Scottish Government's proposals to introduce minimum prices for alcohol and response (67kb)

19 June Full request for information about Banking Transfers and Payments and response (67kb) 

28 May Full request for information regarding Complaints about local authority advertising and response (60kb) 

14 May Full request for information relating to complaint data held by the OFT and response (53kb)

21 April Full request for information about RIBA and OFT findings with regards to 'the Guidance fee's for clients fees' and response (80kb)

16 March Full request for information about an Investigation into credit card charges and response (92kb)

25 February Full request for information relating to the OFT's and Local Authority Trading Standards Services powers to prosecute and response (63kb)

25 February Full request for information relating to the OFT’s reference to the Competition Commission of Airport Services by BAA and response (53kb)

10 February Full request for information relating to issued formal notices to 16 sales and rent back firms asking them to substantiate claims they make in their adverts and response (56kb)

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2008 

10 December Full request for information concerning the Bank Charges Test Case and response (52kb)

21 November Full request for information relating to complaints held by the OFT and/or Consumer Direct about a company called '[Redacted]' and response (58kb) 

13 November Full request for information about the staff and spending dedicated to communications at Office of Fair Trading in the financial years 2006-07 and 2007-08 and response (56kb)

06 November Full request for copy of a case closure report and response (77kb)

05 November Full request for information about the role and responsibilities of the OFT in key areas of its work and response (58kb)

21 October Full request for information about any complaints received or the prospect of the OFT initiating an investigation into a funeral trader and the funeral market sector and response (80 kb)

17 September Full request for information in relation to formal action taken by the OFT in relation to debt collection agencies and response (56kb)

04 September Full request for information in relation to formal action taken by OFT about fee sharing and response (77kb)

22 August Full request for information about an ongoing OFT investigation and response (58kb)

21 August Full request for information which details how the OFT arrived at a policy decision after the publication of a market study about credit card default charges and response (77kb)

15 April Full request for details of ICT Staff names and response (58kb) 

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