To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many requests for information the House authorities have received under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 from (a) hon. Members and (b) others since 1 January 2005; and how many of the requests were (i) fully met, (ii) met in part and (iii) not met in each case. (107896)

The following information relates to requests logged up to the end of November 2006:

(a) Since January 2005 the House has received six requests from hon. Members. One request was fully met, two were met in part and three were not met.

(b) Overall the House has logged 367 requests. Of the 307 cases where it was deemed that the House held the information requested, 122 were fully met, 76 were met in part and 109 were not met.