§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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. [83107]
§ Mr. Tony LloydFor 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, my Department received 46 applications for information under the Code—35 were met in full, 8 in part and 3 were refused.