§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on the number of parliamentary questions yet to be answered by his Department; how many members(a) are waiting for replies to parliamentary questions and (b) have suffered delays of six months or more in waiting for responses to parliamentary questions; and how many parliamentary questions tabled before the Christmas Recess 2001 have yet to be answered by his Department; [44448]
(2) if he will make a statement on the investigation into the falsification of answers to parliamentary questions within his Department; what measures he will take to ensure that parliamentary questions are replied to promptly; and what measures he will take to ensure that falsification of answers to parliamentary questions does not recur. [44449]
§ Mr. HuttonI refer my hon. Friend to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health (Mr. Milburn) gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Mr. Miller) on 25 March 2002,Official Report, column 756–59W.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will reply to WPQ numbers(a) 9416, (b) 9403, (c) 8710, (d) 10282, (e) 10262, (f) 11000, (g) 10998, (h) 11957, (i) 12914, (j) 12918 and (k) 13108. [17827]
§ Ms Blears[pursuant to the reply, 5 March 2002, c. 275W]: Replies to the hon. Member's questions were given as follows:
WPQ number Date Official Report column 9416 21 January 2002 665W 8710 21 January 2002 665W 9403 20 November 2001 242W 10262 15 January 2002 248W 10282 18 January 2002 530W 11000 23 November 2001 568W 10998 5 December 2001 363W 11957 25 February 2002 938W 12914 12 March 2002 992W 12918 25 February 2002 934–36W 13108 31 January 2002 560W