§ Mr. FisherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health 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 be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 14 November 1989]: I regret that the information requested is not readily available for the Session as a whole. However for the first quarter of the Session, during which a total of 1,395 written answers were given, the information requested is as follows:
Number Information not available 23 Information not separately recorded 3 Information not centrally recorded 113 Information not recorded in Government statistics 1 Disproportionate cost 3 There is no reason to suppose that this is not a representative quarter. For the Session as a whole, some 5,600 written answers have been given.