§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 1 February 1995]: The number of parliamentary questions on readily identifiable health issues in each of the last five years for which it was not possible to provide an answer because of disproportionate cost is as follows:
Session Number Percentage 1989–90 2 0.6 1990–91 4 1.1 1991–92 0 0 1992–93 2 0.6 1993–94 5 1.1 In addition, the following parliamentary questions were not given a full answer because the information requested was not held centrally:
Session Number Percentage 1989–90 12 3.6 1990–91 13 3.7 1991–92 5 4.3 1992–93 15 4.3 1993–94 35 7.6