§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many parliamentary questions to his Department have not been answered because of disproportionate costs or because the information requested was not held centrally over the last five years; how many could be answered now due to computerisation and/or more effective operational systems; and if he will list each such question along with the name and constituency of the hon. Member who tabled it.
§ Mr. GummerThe number of answers given to parliamentary questions over the last five years recorded in the POLIS database as including a reference to part or all of the information being available only at disproportionate cost or because the information was not held centrally was 236 out of 19,729 answered. It is not possible to say how many of these questions could now be answered due to computerisation or more effective operational systems.