§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many written parliamentary questions were passed for answer to executive agencies and non-governmental departments in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [14994]
§ Mr. HoramParliamentary questions are not transferred to non-departmental public bodies. The Department's first agency was established on 1 April 1991.
No parliamentary questions were referred to agencies in the 1991–92 parliamentary Session. Five were referred in the 1992–93 parliamentary Session, two in the 1993–94 Session and 17 in the 1994–95 Session.
Six questions have been referred to date in the 1995–96 Session.