§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list each site in Tyne and Wear, apart from local retail offices, at which staff of(a) the Contributions Agency, (b) the Benefits Agency and (c) the Information Technology Services Agency are employed; and if he will give the numbers employed by each agency in (i) actual numbers are (ii) whole-time equivalent numbers at (1) 31 December 1994 and (2) 31 December 1995. [13283]
§ Mr. HealdThe information is not available in the format requested.
Such information as is available is in the table.
Contributions Agency—actual staff figures at 31 January 1995 Location Number Longbenton 3,783 Broadway West 52 Kenton Bar 1,100 Scottish Life House 97 Hebburn 546 Lancaster House 112 Alfred Wilson House 532 Bellway 17 Durham House Nil Emerson House Nil Tyne View Nil Total 6,239
§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security on how many occasions in each of the past five years Ministers in his Department have passed(a) hon. Members' letters and (b) hon. Members' questions to agencies for response; and what this figure is as a percentage of the total number of letters and questions received. [19416]
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§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Parliamentary Questions Session Total number PQs tabled Number answered by chief executives Percentage1 1992–93 3,244 495 15 1993–94 2,359 442 19 1994–95 2,749 389 14 1995–962 1,666 204 12 Notes:
1Rounded to nearest whole number.
2Up to 2 April 1996.
1. Figures for written answers were obtained by doing a manual count and may be subject to error.
Source: Departmental archive of written answers and ministerial correspondence.
Correspondence Year Total correspondence Number of chief executive replies Percentage1 1994 23,193 2,388 10 1995 19,645 2,192 11 Notes:
1Rounded to nearest whole number.
1. Figures for written answers were obtained by doing a manual count and may be subject to error.
Source: Departmental archive of written answers and ministerial correspondence.
Session Total Parliamentary Questions tabled Disproportionate cost replies as a Total Not centrally available replies as a Percentage1 Total Percentage1 1992–93 3,244 117 4 17 1 1993–94 2,359 129 5 6 0 1994–95 2,749 123 4 25 1 1995–962up to 2 April 1996 1,666 126 8 11 1 Notes:
1Rounded to nearest whole number.
2Up to 2 April 1996.
Source:
Departmental archive of written answers; figures were obtained by a clerical count and may be subject to error.
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total cost of answering parliamentary questions in each parliamentary Session since 1989–90. [22897]
§ Mr. BurtThis Department does not calculate the data requested and it could be provided only at disproportionate cost.