§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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. [21142]
§ Mr. HanleyThe information is as follows:
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Session Number of questions tabled 1987–88 3,690 1988–89 3,036 1989–90 3,733 1990–91 2,700 1991–92 1,170 1992–93 4,438
Session Number of questions tabled 1993–94 3,558 1994–95 3,413 1995–96 (to date) 1,045 The rest of the information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the average cost of answering an(a) oral and (b) written parliamentary question from (i) Opposition and (ii) Conservative hon. Members in each Session since 1989–90. [21786]
§ Mr. HanleyWe do not collect the information in the form requested.