HC Deb 14 November 1989 vol 160 c119W
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.

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