HC Deb 17 March 1994 vol 239 c783W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many letters were received from, and written to, hon. Members by him and his ministerial colleagues in February.

Mr. Hague

This Department received 2,522 letters from hon. Members during February. Of these, 259 were passed to chief executives of the Department's agencies for reply. A total of 1,656 replies, mostly to correspondence received in January, were sent by Ministers.