HC Deb 10 May 1999 vol 331 cc51-2W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security 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. [83118]

Angela Eagle

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. In 1998 this Department received 238 applications for information under the Code and granted 232 of them.