§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 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. WaldegraveSince my Department was established in May 1992 there have been 48 parliamentary questions where the answer given by my Department included a reference to part or all the information being available only at disproportionate cost or because the information requested was not held centrally. Details of these questions can be obtained from the POLIS database, access to which is available in the Library.
The remainder of the question could itself be answered only at disproportionate cost.