§ Mr. StunellTo ask the Prime Minister how many of the written parliamentary questions tabled to him between 19 October 1999 and 20 April did not receive substantive answers, citing as the reason that the information was(a) not held centrally, (b) not held in the form requested and (c) not available. [131199]
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§ The Prime Minister[holding answer 18 July 2000]Of the 454 written answers I provided in the specified period I was unable to provide information on four occasions because it was either not held centrally or not held in the format requested or not available.
§ Mr. StunellTo ask the Prime Minister 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, with disproportionate cost cited as the reason. [131224]
§ The Prime Minister[holding answer 20 July 2000]I provided 454 written answers within the specified period. I was asked on one occasion to provide information which could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.