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Correspondence
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the President of the Board of Trade pursuant to her oral answer to the right hon. Member for Wokingham, (Mr. Redwood), Official Report, 3 July, column 406, when she (a) wrote and (b) dispatched the letter to the right hon. Member. [7409]
Mrs. Beckett [holding answer 9 July 1997]: The letter was written on Friday 4 July and was faxed to the right hon. Gentleman's home on Saturday 5 July.
Mr. Cummings: To ask the President of the Board of Trade when she expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Easington, dated 23 May, concerning the surplus in the mineworkers' pension scheme. [8650]
Mr. Battle: I replied to my hon. Friend on 15 July 1997.
Written Answers
Mrs. Gillan:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade when the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham will receive a substantive answer to each question for which she has received a holding reply.[11836]
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Mrs. Beckett:
The hon. Member has received substantive answers, including this one, to the 70 questions that she has tabled since 14 May.
Mrs. Gilroy:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the total cost to public funds of answering the written questions tabled by the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) to her Department in the current Session. [12471]
Mrs. Beckett:
The hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) has to date tabled 70 questions to my Department. This has cost at least £7,490, using the average cost of answering written questions, Official Report, 4 December 1996, column 656.
Mr. Redwood:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade which Ministers will be attending their departmental offices during August; and if she will list the Minister in charge of the Department for each week of the summer adjournment. [10455]
Mrs. Beckett
[holding answer 25 July 1997]: Apart from any holiday they may be taking, all my Ministers will be working during August and attending their DTI offices as necessary for the conduct of business. Ministers will continue to exercise their own responsibilities, although a duty Minister will also cover each day for his or her colleagues as necessary. It follows, therefore, that the ministerial responsibilities of the DTI will be adequately covered during this period.