§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parliamentary questions, in the period November 1992 to March 1993, were answered with the response that the information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost; and how many were referred on to an agency chief executive.
§ Mr. HowardThe number of answers given to questions to my Department in the period November 1992 to March 1993 which the POLIS database has been able to identify as fitting the hon. Member's criteria is 72. During 403W the same period, the POLIS database has been able to identify seven questions to my Department where agency chief executives were asked to arrange for replies to be given.