§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many parliamentary questions to his Department that were transferred for answer to the chief executive or other senior official of a non-departmental public body or agency for which he has responsibility received an answer which was not printed in theOfficial Report in each year since 1979–80 or for each year that the body or agency has been in existence; [18498]
(2) how many parliamentary questions to his Department in each year since 1979–80 requesting a priority written answer or answer on a named day, were answered within three days; how many received a holding reply; and how many of those which received a holding reply then received a substantive answer within a further 5, 10, 15, 20 days or longer; [18494]
(3) how many times in each year since 1979–80 his Department has written to a right hon. or hon. Member correcting an answer to a parliamentary question; [18496]
(4) how many times in each year since 1979–80 his Department has given a reply to a parliamentary question which has resulted in the information requested being placed in the Library and not printed in the Official Report; [18495]
(5) how many parliamentary questions to his Department were transferred for answer to the chief executive or other senior official of a non-departmental public body or agency for which he has responsibility in each year since 1979–80 or for each year that the body or agency has been in existence. [18497]
§ Mr. HowardThe information requested is a matter of public record, but it could be extracted in the form requested only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parliamentary questions requesting an ordinary written answer were received by his Department in each year since 1979–80; and how many such questions received a substantive answer within 10, 15, 20 days or longer. [18493]
§ Mr. HowardThe number of parliamentary questions requesting an ordinary written answer received by this Department in each year since 1979–80 are given.
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Parliamentary year Number of questions 1979–80 2,039 1980–81 1,092 1981–82 1,098 1982–83 855 1983–84 1,817 1984–85 1,584 1985–86 1,430 1986–87 812 1987–88 1,730 1988–89 1,525 1989–90 1,455 1990–91 1,273 1991–92 700 1992–93 2,526 1993–94 2,255 1994–4 April 1995 1,113 The further information requested is a matter of public record, but could be extracted in the form requested only at disproportionate cost.