HC Deb 24 November 1997 vol 301 c420W
Mr. Redwood

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the average time her Department has taken to give substantive answers to named day questions in the current parliamentary session. [17560]

Mrs. Beckett

Eighty-nine per cent. of the named day questions were answered within 5 sitting days and 71 per cent, within 2 days of the date for answer.