§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many parliamentary questions, in the period November 1992 to March 1993, were answered with the response that the information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost; how many were referred on to an agency chief executive; and, in each case, what percentage of the total number of questions asked this constituted.
§ Sir John WheelerSome 708 questions were asked in the period specified of which 20, 3 per cent, were answered with disproportionate cost and 35, 5 per cent. were answered by an agency chief executive.