Parliamentary Questions (Hansard, 2 November 1994)

HC Deb 02 November 1994 vol 248 c1119W 1119W

§ Mr. Grocott
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the average cost to his Department of answering(a) a written and (b) an oral parliamentary question.

Mr. John M. Taylor
I refer the hon. Member to the reply that the then Financial Secretary to the Treasury, my right hon. Friend the Member for Loughborough (Mr. Dorrell), gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Hertfordshire, West (Mr. Jones) on 30 November 1993,Official Report, column 387.