Parliamentary Questions

HC Deb 14 November 1989 vol 160 c172W

Mr. Fisher

To ask the Minister for the Arts how many(a) oral and (b) written questions were asked of his Office in 1988–89.

Mr. Luce

To date, the figures for this Session are as follows:

	Numbers
Oral	255
Priority written	109
Ordinary written	94

Mr. Fisher

To ask the Minister for the Arts how many written parliamentary questions he refused to answer in the parliamentary Session 1988–89.

Mr. Luce

None.

Mr. Fisher

To ask the Minister for the Arts 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. Luce

This information is a matter of public record in the columns of theOfficial Report.

Mr. Fisher

To ask the Minister for the Arts what was the cost to his office of answering parliamentary(a) oral and (b) written questions in the parliamentary Session 1988–89.

Mr. Luce

Based on the estimated average cost of answering oral and written questions, which currently stands at £90 per oral and £54 per written, the cost to date has been(a) £22,590 and (b) £10,530.