§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. [19415]
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryAs the table shows, seven written parliamentary questions and 99 letters from Members have been referred to the executive agencies responsible to the Chancellor of the Exchequer since the arrangements for delegating replies to agencies were introduced in October and December 1992 respectively:
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Year Written Questions Letters 1992 3 — 1993 — 16 1994 — 45 1995 2 36 1996 to date 2 2 7 99 These are tiny proportions of Members' 7,500 written questions and 60,200 letters to Treasury Ministers over this period.