Question to the Department for Education:

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

The Department for Education does not hold information centrally on the proportion of (a) women and (b) men that have made a statutory application to request flexible working, or how many of those applications have been granted to date.

All employees are entitled to apply for flexible working. Such requests are agreed locally with line managers.