§ Mr. Simon ThomasTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many oral questions he has transferred to other Departments in each of the last 18 months. [65513]
§ John HealeySince January 2001, 16 of the 480 oral questions tabled to Treasury Ministers have been transferred, in each case because they were more appropriate to other Departments. The breakdown sought by the hon. Gentleman is as follows:
Date of oral questions Number transferred 25 January 2001 — 1 March 2001 — 29 March 2001 1 10 May 2001 — 19 July 2001 1 8 November 2001 5 6 December 2001 2 24 January 2002 2 28 February 2002 1 11 April 2002 1 9 May 2002 — 20 June 2002 3