Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 66334
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written Questions
Tabled: 9 July 2025
Answered: 17 July 2025
Question
Deirdre Costigan
Labour — Ealing Southall
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of responding to written questions from the Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Answer
Alex NorrisThis Government welcomes scrutiny from all members of Parliament. In 2012 it was estimated that the average cost of answering a written question was £164. The Hon Member for Thirsk and Malton has tabled 2205 written questions in this Parliament, so the cost of answering these is likely to have exceeded £350,000.