§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average cost to his Department of answering(a) a written and (b) an oral parliamentary question.
§ Miss WiddecombeI refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the then Financial Secretary to the Treasury to the hon. Member for Hertfordshire, West (Mr. Jones) on 30 November 1993,Official Report, column 391.