§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many of the written parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19 October 1999 and 20 April 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. [128013]
§ Ms Beverley HughesI refer the right hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 23 June 2000,Official Report, columns 311–12W. Of the 36 occasions my Department cited disproportionate cost as the reason for not providing substantive answers, we did so because (a) in 14 cases the information was not held centrally, (b) in 16 cases the information was not held in the form requested and (c) in six cases the information was not available.