§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many officials she employed(a) full-time and (b) part-time in her Department in each of the last three years to answer letters sent to her from hon. Members; and what was the estimated overall cost of replying to them in each of the last three years. [5614]
§ Mr. Sproat[holding answer 18 December 1995]: No staff in this Department are employed exclusively in answering letters from hon. Members, and it is not possible to estimate what the overall cost of replying to letters in each of the last three years would be.