HC Deb 19 March 1996 vol 274 c107W
Mr. Cummings

To ask the President of the Board of Trade 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. [19419]

Mr. Lang

I refer the hon. Member to the following table.

Year Passed to agencies Per cent. of total
Letters
1991 501 5.6
1992 756 7.9
1993 1,104 9.0
1994 1,079 8.3
1995 1,416 12.5
PQs
1991 0 n/a
1992 4 0
1993 0 n/a
1994 2 0
1995 1 0