Parliamentary Questions (Hansard, 14 November 1989)

§ Mr. Fisher
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many(a) oral and (b) written questions were asked of his Department in 1988–89.

§ Mr. Atkins
The Department has answered 579 oral and 2,507 written questions in the present parliamentary Session.

§ Mr. Fisher
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many written parliamentary questions he refused to answer in the parliamentary Session 1988–89.

§ Mr. Atkins
None.

§ Mr. Fisher
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many written parliamentary questions to him in Session 1988–89 received answers that the information(a) was not available, (b) was not separately recorded, (c) was not centrally recorded, (d) was not recorded in Government statistics or (e) could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. Atkins
This information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. Fisher
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the cost to his Department of answering parliamentary(a) oral and (b) written questions in the parliamentary Session 1988–89.

§ Mr. Atkins
This information is not held centrally.