Parliamentary Questions (Hansard, 14 November 1989)

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

§ Mr. Sainsbury
The information is as follows:

Number

Diplomatic wing

(a) 747

(b) 1,533

ODA wing:

(a) 240

(b) 380

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

§ Mr. Sainsbury
None, except for those that have been transferred.

§ Mr. Fisher
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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 and (e) could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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

§ Mr. Sainsbury
The information requested by the hon. Member is not available as it is not recorded centrally.