HC Deb 10 June 2002 vol 386 c732W
Mr. Gray

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answers of 19 December 2001,Official Report, column 343W and 28 February 2002, Official Report, column 1462W, on correspondence, when he intends to provide a substantive reply. [56605]

Dr. Moonie

I wrote to the hon. Member on 15 May. A copy of my letter has been placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Weir

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many letters were received by each Minister in his Department in each month since June 1997. [59316]

Dr. Moonie

The Cabinet Office, on an annual basis, publishes a report to Parliament on the volume of Members' correspondence received by Departments. The report for 2001 was published on Friday 24 May 2002,Official Report, columns 674–76W. Copies of previous reports are available in the Library of the House.

Details of other correspondence received by Ministers is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.