HC Deb 17 May 1993 vol 225 cc77-8W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security in respect of how many parliamentary questions a substantive answer was not provided by his Department wholly or partly on the ground of disproportionate cost in each of the last 18 months(a) in total and (b) as a proportion of questions answered.

Miss Widdecombe

The information is in the table.

Number of PQs Disproportionate cost replies Percentage
November 1991 312 14 4
December 1991 255 4 2
January 1992 219 14 6
February 1992 272 12 4
March 1992 211 5 2
April 1992 — — —
May 1992 167 1 0.5

Number of PQs Disproportionate cost replies Percentage
June 1992 378 13 3
July 1992 361 11 3
August 1992 — — —
September 1992 — — —
October 1992 263 7 3
November 1992 326 8 2
December 1992 162 3 2
Janaury 1993 279 14 5
February 1993 209 9 4
March 1993 292 12 4
April 1993 200 7 3
Total 3,906 134 3