§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average cost to his Department of answering(a) a written and (b) an oral parliamentary question.
§ Mr. HowardI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the then Financial Secretary to the Treasury, my right hon. Friend the member for Loughborough (Mr. Dorrell), to my hon. Friend the member for Hertfordshire, West (Mr. Jones) on 30 November 1993, column391.