HC Deb 22 June 2000 vol 352 cc245-6W
Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions 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 grounds(a) of 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. [127098]

Ms Beverley Hughes

[holding answer 21 June 2000]I assume the right hon. Member is referring to parliamentary questions where Ministers indicate in their response that they will write to hon. Members to provide the information requested. If so, there have been 25 such cases, out of a total of 2,865 parliamentary questions answered by my Department in the period in question.

Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions 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. [127337]

Ms Beverley Hughes

For the period in question, my Department has deposited papers in the Library in response to parliamentary questions on 240 occasions.