HC Deb 10 December 2001 vol 376 cc644-5W
Annabelle Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of parliamentary questions replied to by her Department were the subject of a holding answer in the last three sessions of Parliament. [22011]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The percentages of parliamentary questions tabled to the Department for Education and Employment during the last three Parliamentary Sessions for which a holding answer was provided are as follows:

Year Percentage
1998–99 26
1999–2000 48
2000–01 62