HC Deb 15 April 1999 vol 329 c342W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since May 1997; and what percentage of them received a substantive reply on that day. [80739]

Ms Quin

Our existing database does not allow us to compile the information requested without incurring disproportionate cost in its retrieval; however, its replacement will.

Since 1 May 1997, we have issued 436 holding replies.