§ Mr. FisherTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many(a) oral and (b) written questions were asked of his Department in 1988–89.
§ Mrs. RumboldTo date, the Department has received 742 oral and 1,579 written questions.
§ Mr. FisherTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many written parliamentary questions he refused to answer in the parliamentary Session 1988–89.
§ Mrs. RumboldIt is the Department's policy to answer all written parliamentary questions tabled to my right hon. Friend, unless the information can be produced only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. FisherTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what was the cost to his Department of answering parliamentary(a) oral and (b) written questions in the parliamentary Session 1988–89;
(2) 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.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe information requested can be provided only at disproportionate expense.