Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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.

We are unable to provide the information requested because it is not held.

Employees of DWP are not required to state whether their request for flexible working is statutory or non-statutory.

DWP allows all of its employees to request flexible working and considers applications individually and in line with legislation.