Parliamentary Questions (Hansard, 14 November 1989)

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

§ Mr. Cope
A total of 310 oral and 1,207 written questions to date.

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

§ Mr. Cope
Fifteen, up to and including 13 November 1989.

§ Mr. Fisher
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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. Cope
The information is as follows:

Number

Not available ¹76

Not separately recorded 4

Not centrally recorded 8

Not recorded in Government Statistics 0

Could only be provided at disproportionate cost ¹48

Total 106

These figures are for the 1988–89 Session up to 13 November 1989.
¹ 30 questions were not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost, and these are counted in both figures.

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

§ Mr. Cope
This information is not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

	Number
Not available	¹76
Not separately recorded	4
Not centrally recorded	8
Not recorded in Government Statistics	0
Could only be provided at disproportionate cost	¹48
Total	106