§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the volume of correspondence sent to and received from hon. Members by the Secretary of State for Health in the periods(a) 1 January to 26 March 1994 and (b) 1 January to 26 March 1998. [47689]
§ Ms JowellThe information is not available in the form requested. The total volume of correspondence replied to by Ministers from this Department for the period 1 January 1994 to 31 March 1994 was 2,505. The total volume of correspondence replied to by Ministers for the period 1 January 1998 to 26 March 1998 was 3,585. From the records kept, it is not possible to distinguish between those replies addressed to hon. Members and those addressed to other individuals or organisations, although the majority of the replies would have been to hon. Members.