HC Deb 14 November 1989 vol 160 cc184-5W
Mr. Fisher

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) how many(a) oral and (b) written questions were asked of his Department in 1988–89;

(2) how many written parliamentary questions he refused to answer in the parliamentary Session 1988–89;

(3) 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;

(4) what was the cost to his Ministry of answering parliamentary (a) oral and (b) written questions in the parliamentary Session 1988–89.

Mr. Curry

As of 13 November, 592 oral and 2,457 written questions had been asked of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food during the 1988–89 parliamentary Session. The other information requested is not readily available.