§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many questions to his Department tabled for ordinary written answer during Session 1998–99 were answered(a) within two weeks of tabling, (b) within one month of tabling, (c) within three months of tabling and (d) after three months of tabling. [106492]
§ Mr. ByersThe information is as follows:
Answered Number Within 2 weeks 1,302 Within 1 month 53 Within 3 months 1 After 3 months 0 Total 1,356
§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many questions to his Department were tabled for written answer during session 1998–99; and766W how many of these he replied to (a) by means of a letter placed in the Library rather than by substantive answer in the Official Report, (b) by stating that a substantive answer could not be given due to information not being held centrally and (c) by stating that a substantive answer could not be given due to disproportionate cost. [106487]
§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many questions to his Department tabled for written answer on a named day during Session 1998–99 were answered(a) on or before a named day, (b) within one week of a named day, (c) within one month of a named day, (d) within three months of a named day and (e) after three months of a named day. [106481]
§ Mr. ByersThe information is as follows:
Answered Number On day 409 Within 1 week 483 Within 1 month 122 Within 3 months 9 After 3 months 0 Total 1,023