§ Mr. Simon ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many oral questions he has transferred to other departments in each of the last 18 months.[65510]
§ Beverley HughesThe information requested is shown in the table.
Date of oral PQ session Number of PQs transferred 2 July 2001 4 19 November 2001 1 4 February 2002 1 11 March 2002 1 TOTAL 7 The reason that there were four transfers in July 2001 is that this closely followed the movement of policy areas between Departments after the General Election. Questions are only transferred out of the Department 48W when it is more appropriate for another Department to respond and when that Department has agreed to accept the question.