§ Mr. HendersonTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how many requests for information, made under the code of practice on access to Government information, have been received by each Government Department;
(2) how many requests for information, made under the code of practice on access to Government information, have been refused by each Government Department.;
(3) how many cases of refusal, by each Government Department, to provide information under the code of practice on access to Government information have been referred to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration;
(4) how many requests have been made to each Government Department to review a decision to refuse information which has been sought under the code of practice on access to government information.
§ Mr. David HuntThis information is not as yet held centrally. Work has begun on the report on the first year's operation of the code of practice, which was promised by 889W my predecessor before the launch of the code. The report will appear in the early part of 1995, and will give details such as the number of requests made under the code of practice.
My own Department, Office of Public Service and Science, has received four requests for information under the code of practice on access to Government information. Of these requests, one was refused in part. There have been no requests for internal review, nor have any of these cases been the subject of an appeal to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.