§ Mr. SproatTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average time taken by the Ministers in her Department including herself, to answer letters from hon. Members, in each of the first three quarters of 1992, measuring the time from the receipt of the letter to the dispatch of the substantive reply.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe average time taken to reply to hon. Members letters in the first three-quarters of 1992 was as follows: first quarter 9.28 working days; second quarter 8.57 working days; third quarter 10.4 working days.