§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. [83119]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 10 May 1999]: For monitoring purposes, this information is collected on a calendar year basis. Information for 1997 was published 166W last year in the Open Government: Code of Practice on Access to Government Information 1997 Report. In the year ended 31 December 1998 MAFF and its agencies received 41 applications for information under the Code and granted 32 of them.