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Written question asked by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 22 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 November 2006. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Wednesday, 29 November 2006 on behalf of the Treasury.


Parliamentary Questions

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many written parliamentary questions his Department received in each parliamentary Session since 2001; how many were not answered because of disproportionate costs; how many answers referred back to a previous answer (a) asked by the same hon. Member and (b) asked by another hon. Member; and how many were not substantively answered in each session.
Answer

The number of written questions received in each of the last six parliamentary Sessions and the number of questions not answered substantively at prorogation are given in the table:

Session Written questions Not answered substantively
2000-01 1,297
2001-02 5,888 6
2002-03 3,675 1
2003-04 3,099
2004-05 1,147
2005-06 6,437 13

Information is not available relating to questions which could not be answered wholly or in part on disproportionate cost grounds and to referrals back to previous answers.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
103974; 453 c729-30W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Treasury Written questions
Link
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