§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many questions were tabled to his Department in each Session since 1987–88; how many were not answered on the grounds of disproportionate cost; what percentage of the total number of questions this represented; how many were not answered on the grounds that the information was not centrally available; and what percentage of the total number of questions this represented. [21144]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightThe table gives the number of written and oral questions tabled to Treasury Ministers since 1987–88:
Session Written Oral 1987–88 3,244 464 1988–89 2,694 330 1989–90 2,145 338 1990–91 1,465 251 1991–92 859 148 1992–93 2,857 402 1993–94 1,742 217 1994–95 2,031 246 1995–961 677 143 1 To 10 March. The analyses sought of questions not answered substantively are not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.