HC Deb 22 February 1995 vol 255 c207W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many letters were received in the Department from hon. Members last month;

(2) how many letters were sent to hon. Members last month by each Minister in the Department.

Miss Widdecombe

During January, the Department received 512 letters from hon. Members. In the same period, 448 ministerial replies were sent. Of these, 19 were answered by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, 107 by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the Member for Cambridgeshire, South East (Mr. Paice) and 152 by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the Member for Amber Valley (Mr. Oppenheim). I have answered 170 letters.