§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many parliamentary questions to her Department were transferred for answer to the chief executive or other senior official of a non-departmental public body or agency for which she has responsibility in each year since 1979–80 or for each year that the body or agency has been in existence; [18521]
(2) how many parliamentary questions to her Department that were transferred for answer to the chief executive or other senior official of a non-departmental public body or agency for which she has responsibility received an answer which was not printed in the Official Report in each year since 1979–80 or for each year that the body or agency has been in existence. [18522]
§ Mr. SackvilleParliamentary questions are not transferred to non-departmental public bodies. The Department's first agency was established on 1 April 1991.
Five parliamentary questions were referred to agency chief executives in the 1992–93 parliamentary Session. 250W Two parliamentary questions were referred to chief executives in 1993–94 and so far in the 1994–95 parliamentary Session 17 questions have been referred. The answers to all questions referred to the Department's agency chief executives have been printed in the Official Report. No parliamentary questions were referred to agency chief executives in the 1991–92 parliamentary Session.