§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence 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. [21147]
§ Mr. SoamesThe Library of the House has provided the following information on the number of questions tabled to my Department for the relevant years.
Written Questions Oral Questions (including supplementaries) 1987–88 3,784 415 1988–89 3,415 367 1989–90 3,244 333 1990–91 2,390 275 1991–92 1,097 132 1992–93 3,623 385 1993–94 2,849 302 1994–95 3,580 276 1995–96 1,081 133 The other information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.