Parliamentary Questions

HC Deb 08 July 2002 vol 388 c777W

Mr. Simon Thomas

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how mar y oral questions she has transferred to other departments in each of the last 18 months. [65512]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The Lord Chancellor's Department only transfers Parliamentary Questions when it is more appropriate for another Government Department to answer. The information requested is set out in the following table.

Month	2001 Number of questions transferred and to which Department	2002 Number of questions transferred and to which Department
January	—	0
February	—	Three to Home Office
March	—	0
April	—	Three to Home Office
May	—	1n/a
June	1n/a	One to Home Office
		One to Prime Minister
July	One to FCO	One to Home Office
August	1n/a
September	1n/a
October	1n/a
November	0
December	One to Home Office
1 Months that the Lord Chancellor's Department had no oral question time