§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many parliamentary questions for written answer have been answered by his Department so far this Session, and in the comparable period for the last Session;836W and if he will publish a table of 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. LilleyA total of 1,234 written questions have been answered so far this Session, and the figure for the comparable period in the last Session was 1,983. The other information mentioned by the hon. Member is not held centrally, and an analysis of it could therefore be prepared only at disproportionate cost.