HC Deb 12 March 1996 vol 273 c529W
Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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. [19429]

Mr. Hanley

I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Roxborough and Berwickshire (Mr. Kirkwood) on 16 February 1996,Official Report, column 728.

These figures as a percentage are:

  • 1992–93: 0.19 per cent.
  • 1993–94: 0.13 per cent.
  • 1994–95: 0.19 per cent.
  • 1995–96: 0.62 per cent.

There is no record of any letters from hon. Members being transferred to executive agencies.

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