§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for the last 12 months how many parliamentary questions he has referred to one of his Department's agencies for answer; and what percentage of parliamentary questions to his Department this represents.
§ Mr. BaldryDuring the past 12 months, four parliamentary questions were referred to agencies in my Department for answer. Three of these were referred to the Ordnance Survey agency and one to the Planning Inspectorate agency. They represented 0.025 per cent. and 0.075 per cent. respectively of the total number of parliamentary questions answered by my Department during that period.
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