§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Lord President of the Council how many(a) oral and (b) written parliamentary questions have appeared on the Order Paper in each of the last 30 years.
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§ Mr. NewtonThe information requested is in the following table:
House of Commons parliamentary questions Session Orals total Written total 1964–65 10,878 8,270 1965–661 4,332 3,646 1966–672 17,014 16,951 1967–68 11,309 13,601 1968–69 10,721 12,743 1969–701 7,914 9,546 1970–712 13,646 20,300 1971–72 11,108 17,486 1972–73 7,781 17,950 1973–741 2,363 6,387 1974–1 3,783 11,753 1974–75 9,215 27,843 1975–76 9,081 33,239 1976–771 6,463 25,076 1977–78 9,046 28,739 1978–791 4,699 13,152 1979–802 12,453 39,112 1980–81 8,175 22,688 1981–82 8,991 23,439 1982–831 6,125 17,095 1983–842 13,386 40,119 1984–85 14,800 31,523 1985–86 18,139 31,808 1986–871 12,766 21,331 1987–882 24,940 47,726 1988–89 23,932 39,540 1989–90 24,687 41,358 1990–91 4,821 32,843 1991–921 2,383 16,050 1992–932 7,134 56,550 1993–94 4,559 41,051 1994–95 4,903 44,924 1 Unusually short session. 2 Unusually long session. From 1972–73 Members were limited to one oral question per Minister. Priority written questions were introduced in the 1972–73 Session.