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Parliamentary Questions

Mr. Brady: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14 April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. [91068]

Ms Hewitt: Seven hundred and four of the 2,307 named day questions tabled for answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14 April 1999 (31 per cent.) were answered substantively on that day. 56 per cent. of all such questions were answered within two days of the nominated day.

Departmental Buildings

Mr. Swinney: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the (i) location, (ii) running costs (a) in total and (b) per square metre and (iii) the rental value per square metre of each of his Department's buildings in the last year for which figures are available. [90563]

Dawn Primarolo: The costs below relate to all of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Departments for the 1998-99 financial year.

The total running costs were £340.43 million. This equates to £199 per square metre. The rental value was £93 per square metre.

It has not been possible to provide this information on a building-by-building basis due to the constraints of time and cost.

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