§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his reply of 22 July, if he will make it his policy to keep statistics on parliamentary questions for written answers to his Department to show how many answers(a) do not give the information requested because of (i) disproportionate cost or (ii) other reasons, (b) give an undertaking to write to the hon. Member who asked the question and (c) were referred for answer to the chief executive of each next steps agency.
§ Mr. MellorNo. Answers to parliamentary questions are published in theOfficial Report and are therefore open to public scrutiny; additionally, statistical data may be accessed through POLIS.