HC Deb 26 June 2000 vol 352 c365W
Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the written parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19 October 1999 and 20 April 2000 have not received substantive answers, citing as the reason that the information is(a) not held centrally, (b) not held in the form requested and (c) not available. [127434]

Ms Stuart

Out of the 2,797 Parliamentary Questions tabled to the Department in the period between 19 October 1999 and 20 April 2000, we were unable to give substantive answers to 82 because the information was either not held centrally or not available. Substantive answers to a further two Questions could not be given because the information was not held in the form requested.

Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department between the 19 October 1999 and the 20 April, which requested information, pursuant to his previous answers. [127672]

Ms Stuart

Of the 2,797 questions tabled to this Department in the period between 19 October 1999 and 20 April 2000, 79 were pursuant to previous answers.