Parliamentary Questions (Hansard, 14 November 1989)

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

§ Mr. Peter Walker
The number of oral and written questions asked were 224 and 1,606 respectively.

§ Mr. Fisher
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many written parliamentary questions he refused to answer in the parliamentary session 1988–89.

§ Mr. Peter Walker
None, except for a few transferred to other Departments for answer.

§ Mr. Fisher
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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 only be provided at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. Peter Walker
The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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

§ Mr. Peter Walker
This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.