Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.

All posts are advertised on a flexible basis. This approach significantly reduces the need for employees to make a statutory application for flexible working and we have no record of any such request having been made.