§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many applications for information he received under the Open Government Code of Practice on Access to Government Information in the last parliamentary session; and how many of these applications were granted. [83114]
§ Ms JowellFor monitoring purposes, this information is collected on a calendar year basis. Information for 1997 was published last year in the Open Government Code of Practice on Access to Government Information 1997 Report. In 1998, the Department received 40 applications for information under the Code. We do not keep figures centrally on how many were granted the information requested.