HC Deb 27 February 1997 vol 291 c392W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Lord President of the Council (1), pursuant to his answer of 18 February,Official Report, columns 535–36, if he will list the reasons for the records on the costs of answering parliamentary questions not being retained; and if he will make a statement; [17593]

(2), pursuant to his oral answer of 20 February, Official Report, column 1054, if he will list the 10 questions which cost the most to answer since 1989; which hon. Members asked them; and what was the cost. [17594]

Mr. Newton

There is no arrangement for systematically estimating the cost of answering every individual parliamentary question.