Parliamentary Questions (Hansard, 14 November 1989)

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

§ Mr. Wakeham
During the 1988–89 Session up to and including 13 November 1989, the number of questions asked of my Department was(a) 469 orals and (b) 1,204 written.

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

§ Mr. Wakeham
None. It is my policy to give an answer to all questions within my responsibility other than those where the answers can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. Fisher
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many written parliamentary questions to him in Session 1988–89 received answers that the information(a) 140W 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.

§ Mr. Wakeham
This information is a matter of public record but can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

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

§ Mr. Wakeham
This information is not held centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.