HC Deb 18 May 1994 vol 243 c452W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department 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. John M. Taylor

During this period 16 questions tabled to me were not answered on the basis of disproportionate cost and nine were referred on to an agency chief executive. These figures represent 4.22 per cent. and 2.37 per cent. respectively of the total number of questions tabled to me.