HC Deb 21 March 1994 vol 240 c21W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions in the past five years he has knowingly provided incomplete information in answers to parliamentary questions other than on grounds of disproportionate cost; and on what subjects.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

I and my ministerial colleagues seek to provide parliamentary answers which are as complete and accurate as possible.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for the past 12 months how many parliamentary questions he has referred to one of his Department's agencies for answer; and what percentage of parliamentary questions to his Department this represents.

Mr. Nelson

In the last 12 months, no parliamentary questions have been referred by Treasury Ministers to the chief executives of agencies for answer.

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