§ Mr. TyrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's estimate was of the cost of answering the question from the hon. Member for Chichester of 17 March 1999,Official Report, column 689, concerning the waiving of the working time directive (Ref. 76811); and if he will provide a breakdown. [78048]
§ Mr. SpellarThe cost to my Department's budget of answering individual parliamentary questions is not held centrally, however, the advisory cost of limit answering a parliamentary question is £500.