§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many written parliamentary questions he or his predecessors have answered in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. LangFigures before the 1980–81 parliamentary Session are not held centrally. Annual figures from 1980 onwards for House of Commons written questions answered by Scottish Office Ministers are as follows:
Year Annual number 11980 355 1981 1,588 1982 1,618 1983 1,750 1984 2,009 1985 2,026 1986 1,981 1987 2,928 1988 2,973 1989 2,917 1990 2,739 1991 2,432 1992 1,650 21993 2,105 1For the period 27 October 1980 to 31 December 1980. 2As at 18 October 1993. Source: POLIS.