§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Attorney-General how many questions were tabled for reply by his Department in each Session since 1979–80; in how many instances in each year the reply has been that providing the information involved disproportionate cost; and in how many instances in each year questions have been given the reply that the information was not available centrally. [16792]
§ The Attorney-GeneralA list of the number of written and oral questions answered by my Department in the Sessions 1982–83 to 1995–96, as supplied by the parliamentary on-line information service unit, has been placed in the House Library. Figures for 1979–80 to 1981–82 are not available.
The number of replies given by my Department stating that information could be provided only at disproportionate cost, or was not available centrally, was eight in the Session 1995–96, plus five instances where part of the information requested was available. Details of replies given in previous Sessions could be provided only at disproportionate cost.