§ Mr. Alan ReidTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many items of correspondence from hon. Members addressed to her, which were received by her Department between(a) 1 June and 31 July, (b) 1 August and 31 August and (c) 1 September and 30 September, remain unanswered. [16286]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 20 November 2001]: Between (a) 7 June and 31 July, 1,311 were received and 607 remain unanswered.
Between (b) 1 August and 31 August 1,078 were received and 592 remain unanswered.
Between (c) 1 September and 30 September 941 were received and 449 remain unanswered.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to all Members of Parliament on 14 November explaining the scale of the current problems faced by the Correspondence Section and setting out the mechanisms put in place to overcome these problems.
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when the hon. Member for West Chelmsford will receive a substantive 427W reply to his question, tabled on 19 November, ref 16824, concerning Dr. Reza Hossam of St. John's Hospital, Chelmsford; [23663]
(2) when the hon. Member for West Chelmsford will be given a reply to his letter of 12 June to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office which was transferred to her Department on 18 June concerning Dr. Reza Hossam of St. John's Hospital, Chelmsford. [16824]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 23 November 2001]Unfortunately, we have no record of your letter of 12 June concerning Dr. Reza Hossam on our correspondence database.