§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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.
§ Mr. NelsonBetween November 1992 and March 1993, 11 out of 1,265 written questions to Treasury Ministers—0.9 per cent.—were not answered substantively because the information requested was not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. During the same period two questions—0.2 per cent.—were referred to agency chief executives for reply.