Transport 212 Substantive Returns Trade Union 340 Tourism & hospitality 74 Third Sector representation & development 55 Service delivery & facilities management 27 Science 12 Rural affairs 286 Retail 300 Religious & other beliefs 80 Real estate & property 129 PR, communications & other professional consultancy 944 Policy body & think-tank 87 Planning & development 200 Pharmaceutical & medical 273 Media & marketing 47 Legal services & law enforcement 112 IT, telecommunications & digital services 170 International aid & development 226 Food & drink 314 Fishing 160 Financial services & management 287 Equality & social issues 1143 Environmental 562 Engineering & Manufacturing 147 Energy & natural resources 490 Education & early learning 77 Disability, health and social care or wellbeing 2403 Culture, sport, lifestyle & leisure 344 Consumer or health & safety issues 113 Construction & infrastructure 185 Business representation & development 324 Animal welfare 517 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 Highlights • The largest percentage of Information Returns now published by sector is 2403 (23%, up from 21% last year) for Disability, Health and Social Care or Wellbeing. • This was followed by Equality or Social Issues at 1143 (11%, up from 9.5%) and PR, Communications & other Professional Consultancy at 944 (9%, down from 10% last year) 16 Transport 67 Nil returns Trade Union 18 Tourism & hospitality 23 Third Sector representation & development 14 Service delivery & facilities management 17 Science 25 Rural affairs 18 Retail 35 Religious & other beliefs 19 Real estate & property 98 PR, communications & other professional consultancy 170 Policy body & think-tank 4 Planning & development 8 Pharmaceutical & medical 43 Media & marketing 4 Legal services & law enforcement 32 IT, telecommunications & digital services 17 International aid & development 17 Food & drink 55 Fishing 21 Financial services & management 101 Equality & social issues 164 Environmental 40 Engineering & Manufacturing 56 Energy & natural resources 109 Education & early learning 45 Disability, health and social care or wellbeing 176 Culture, sport, lifestyle & leisure 67 Consumer or health & safety issues 26 Construction & infrastructure 91 Business representation & development 64 Animal welfare 17 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Highlights • The largest percentage of nil Information Returns now published by sector is 176 (at 10.5%, up from 9.5%) for Disability, Health and Social Care or Wellbeing. • This was followed by PR, Communications & other Professional Consultancy at 170 (10%, down from 10.5%) and Equality or Social Issues at 164 (remaining at 10%). 17 Information Returns – current six-month statutory periods Every organisation has specific start and end dates for each of its successive six- month statutory periods.