HC Deb 01 February 1995 vol 253 cc698-9W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many parliamentary answers on health issues have been refused on the grounds of disproportionate cost or information not being held centrally(a) as a total and (b) as a percentage of all health answers in each of the last five years.

Mr. Moss

The information is as follows:

Year Number of PQs unable to be answered (a) PQs as a percentage of all Health answered (b)
19901 8 4
19911 11 4
19921 9 4
1993 15 4
1994 14 4
1 Due to implementation of computer system the percentage of PQs prior to 1993 are approximate.