HC Deb 23 June 2000 vol 352 cc311-2W
Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many written parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department between 19 October 1999 and 20 April 2000; and how many have not received substantive answers, citing disproportionate cost as the reason. [127433]

Ms Beverley Hughes

For the period in question, there have been 36 occasions where my Department has cited disproportionate cost as the reason for not providing substantive answers out of a total of 2,865 parliamentary questions.