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Finding a public consultation

You can find out what the government is consulting on by visiting the website of each government department. Or you can find government consultations using the public consultation search tool (see the link below).

Using the public consultation search tool

You can search by:

• organisation
• keyword eg housing or schools
• date
• status (eg open or closed) and date

You'll see the results in a list and you can narrow them down by filtering them using more of the ways listed above.

You can click on the title of the consultation and you'll go to the website where the consultation is published.

You can search consultations run by 21 government departments including the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Transport and the Food Standards Agency.

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Government consultation websites

For details of current consultations going on across government, follow the links below.

• Attorney General's Office consultations Opens new window

• British Waterways consultations Opens new window

• Department for Business Innovation & Skills consultations Opens new window

• Cabinet Office consultations Opens new window

• Charity Commission consultations Opens new window

• Department for Communities and Local Government consultations Opens new window

• Department for Culture Media and Sport consultations Opens new window

• Department for Education consultations Opens new window

• Department for Energy and Climate Change consultations Opens new window

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs consultations Opens new window

• Department of Health consultations Opens new window

• Department for International Development consultations Opens new window

• Department for Transport consultations Opens new window

• Department for Work and Pensions consultations Opens new window

• Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency consultations Opens new window

• Environment Agency consultations Opens new window

• Farm Animal Welfare Council consultations Opens new window

• Food Standards Agency consultations Opens new window

• Forestry Commission consultations Opens new window

• Government Equalities Office consultations Opens new window

• Health and Safety Executive consultations Opens new window

• Highways Agency consultations Opens new window

• HM Revenue and Customs consultations Opens new window

• HM Treasury consultations Opens new window

• Home Office consultations Opens new window

• Intellectual Property Office consultations Opens new window

• Maritime and Coastguard Agency consultations Opens new window

• Ministry of Defence consultations Opens new window

• Ministry of Justice consultations Opens new window

• Northern Ireland Office consultations Opens new window

• Office for National Statistics consultations Opens new window

• Office of Fair Trading consultations Opens new window

• Office of Gas and Electricity Markets consultations Opens new window

• Office for National Statistics consultations Opens new window

• Pensions Regulator consultations Opens new window

• Scotland Office consultations Opens new window

• Scottish Government consultations Opens new window

• UK Borders Agency consultations Opens new window

• Vehicle and Operator Services Agency consultations Opens new window

• Welsh Assembly Government consultations Opens new window

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