§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many questions were tabled to his Department in each Session since 1987–88; how many were not answered on the ground of disproportionate cost; what percentage of the total number of questions this represented; how many were not answered on the ground that the information was not centrally available; and what percentage of the total number of questions this represented. [21140]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe number of questions tabled is as follows:
Written Oral 1987–88 4,305 495 1988–89 2,958 437 1989–90 2,713 349 1990–91 2,422 331 1991–92 857 155 1992–93 3,251 507 1993–94 2,834 347 1994–95 2,746 365 1995–96 1973 1186 1 Figures for 1995–96 Session as at 20 March 1996. The number of questions not answered on grounds of disproportionate cost or the information not being held centrally could itself be obtained only at disproportionate cost.