§ Mrs. Clwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many questions were tabled for reply by her Department in each Session since 1979–80; in how many instances in each year the reply has been that providing the information involved disproportionate cost; and in how many instances in each year questions have been given the reply that the information was not available centrally. 
§ Mr. Robin Squire
A list of the number of written and oral parliamentary questions answered by the Department in the Sessions 1982–83 to 1995–96, as supplied by the parliamentary on-line information system unit, has been placed in the Library. Figures for 1979–80 to 1981–92 are not available.
The rest of the information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.263W