§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if answers sent to hon. Members in reply to parliamentary questions by the head of executive agencies in his Department are(a) seen, (b) approved and (c) amended by him before they are sent; and if he will identify any letters to which amendments by him have been made in 1994–95. [7827]
§ Sir George YoungWhen my Department's agency chief executives are invited by Ministers to write to hon. Members to provide information sought in parliamentary questions, their replies are subject to ministerial approval. Letters that were amended in draft by Ministers could be identified only at disproportionate cost.