§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. [83106]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 10 May 1999]: For 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". The table shows the information for 1998 for the Chancellor's Departments.
Department Number of applications Number granted HM Treasury 12 12 HM Customs and Excise 32 27 Inland Revenue 99 82 National Savings — — Office for National Statistics — — Royal Mint — — Valuation Office Agency 108 98