HC Deb 05 July 1995 vol 263 c290W
Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of parliamentary questions, which would have been answered directly by him or his Ministers prior to the establishment of executive agencies, are now referred to the chief executive of such an agency. [28490]

Mr. Hague

The information is in the table.

Session Number of questions Percentage replied to by agencies
1992–931 3,305 10.86
1993–941 2,365 14.08
1994–951.2 2,046 9.77

Notes:

1 These figures have been provided using the POLIS database. It is not possible to guarantee that this is a truly comprehensive figure.

2 Up to Monday 26 June 1995.

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