§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will publish in the Official Report the total number of Divisions in each parliamentary Session since 1955, the average duration of a Division, the longest duration of a Division and also the longest continuous run of Divisions at any one sitting in each Session.
§ Mr. BiffenThe information on the total number of Divisions in each parliamentary Session since 1955 is as follows. The information requested in the rest of the hon. Gentleman's question is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Number 1955–56 298 1956–57 180 1957–58 206 1958–59 177 1959–60 156 1960–61 269 1961–62 261
Number 1962–63 183 1963–64 148 1964–65 276 1965–66 39 1966–67 496 1967–68 312 1968–69 352 1969–70 132 1970–71 480 1971–72 352 1972–73 224 1973–74 47 1974 109 1974–75 205 1975–76 432 1976–77 234 1977–78 324 1978–79 110 1979–80 500 1980–81 317 1981–82 332 1982–83 146 1983–84 482