§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 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; how many were referred on to an agency chief executive; and, in each case, what percentage of the total number of questions asked this constituted.
§ Mr. WaldegraveIn the period 1 November 1992 to 31 March 1993 there were six questions where the answer given included a reference to all or part of the information being available only at disproportionate cost or because the information requested was not held centrally. During the same period, one question was passed to the chief executive of recruitment and assessment services. These figures constitute 1.95 per cent and 0.32 per cent respectively of the total questions asked to my Department.