HC Deb 16 November 2001 vol 374 cc926-7W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of those named day parliamentary written questions were tabled to his Department that received a holding answer between 15 October and 5 November received the substantive answer(a) within three parliamentary days,(b) within seven parliamentary days, (c) within 10 parliamentary days,(d) within 15 parliamentary days and (e) over 15 parliamentary days after the holding answer was issued. [13321]

Mr. Straw

The four questions which were issued with holding replies received substantive answers within the following timescales:

  1. (a) 2
  2. (b) 1
  3. (c) 1
  4. (d) 0
  5. (e) 0.

Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many named day parliamentary written questions were tabled to his Department between 15 October and 5 November; and what proportion of these have received holding answers. [13302]

Mr. Straw

Sixty-six named day parliamentary written questions were tabled to my Department between 15 October and 5 November. Of these, 6 per cent. received a holding reply.

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