§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the operation of the code of practice on access to Government information during 1995. [22057]
1993 (from 1 July 1993) 1994 1995 1996 (up to 14 March 1996 Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage CCC — — — — 1 0.07 — — COI1 1 0.3 1 0.15 8 0.5 1 0.2 CSC 1 0.3 2 0.3 4 0.25 — — HMSO1 2 0.6 10 1.6 13 0.9 8 1.6 OHSA 1 0.3 — — 5 0.3 1 0.2 RAS 5 1.6 10 1.6 10 0.6 4 0.8 SAFE1 — — — — — — 2 0.4 TBA2 — — — — — — — — 1Agencies which are Government Departments in their own right, reporting to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. 2Agencies which transferred to the Office of Public Service on 1 January 1996. Secondly, since this Department was formed in May 1992 the number of hon. Members' questions passed to agencies for response and this figure as a percentage of the total number of letters received is shown in the table:
Parliamentary years 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995 (up to 14 March 1996) Total PQs 778 768 791 477 Agency answers 2 nil 8 6 Percentage of total 0.25 nil 1.01 1.25