§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many written parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19 October 1999 and 20 April 2000 have not received substantive answers, excluding those not answered on the grounds of(a) disproportionate cost, (b) that the information is not available, not held centrally, or not held in the form requested and (c) of commercial or other confidentiality. [127097]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 21 June 2000]: I assume the right hon. Member is referring to parliamentary questions where Ministers have sent a holding reply, and will reply as soon as possible. If so, there have been seven such cases out of a total of 1,187 parliamentary questions answered by my Department in the period in question.
§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on how many occasions he has deposited papers in the Library in response to parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19 October 1999 and 20 April 2000. [127439]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 23 June 2000]: For the period in question, my Department has deposited papers in the Library in response to parliamentary questions on 40 occasions.
§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many written parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department between 19 October 1999 and 20 April; and how many have not received substantive answers, citing disproportionate cost as the reason. [128017]
§ Mr. MorleyFor this period there have been 1,189 written parliamentary questions tabled, and 21 did not receive substantive answers, citing disproportionate cost.