§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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. [16786]
§ Sir John WheelerFigures for the Sessions 1979–80 to 1981–82 are not available. A list of the number of written and oral Parliamentary questions answered by this Department in the Sessions 1982–83 to 1995–96, as supplied by the parliamentary on-line information service unit, has been placed in the Library.
The rest of the information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.