Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.

The Ministry of Justice publishes annual reports containing statistical information on Freedom of Information requests received by monitored bodies, including central Government Departments. The annual reports for the period 2010 to 2013 and the first two quarters of 2014 can be found at the following web address:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics

These annual reports include statistics on the number of non-routine requests received by this Department since 2010 to 30 June 2014 and include the volumes and proportions which were granted in full or withheld in full.