Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to the reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, East (Mr. Strang) 28 July,Official Report column 1050, if he will set out (a) the reasons for not replying to the priority written question referred to and (b) the longest interval between the asking of a priority written question and its answer by his Department.
§ Mr. NichollsThe question from the hon. Member for Edinburgh, East (Mr. Strang) of 17 April was answered on 28 July,Official Report, column 1049. Information on the longest interval between the asking of a priority written question and its answer by my Department is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.