Parliamentary Questions (Hansard, 31 October 1994)

HC Deb 31 October 1994 vol 248 c993W 993W

§ Mr. Grocott
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the average cost to his Department of answering(a) a written and (b) an oral parliamentary question.

§ Mr. Heseltine
The current average cost of preparing an answer, as announced on 30 November 1993,Official Report, column 387 by the then Financial Secretary to the Treasury, my right hon. Friend the Member for Loughborough (Mr Dorrell) is assessed as being £97 for a written question and £225 for an oral question.