§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many items of incoming mail(a) from hon. Members and (b) in total in each month since June 2001 have been (i) received, (ii) fully responded to, (iii) are held pending for response and (iv) are untraceable. [58116]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 21 May 2002]: The total number of letters received from hon. Members since June 2001 (as at 30 June 2002) stood at 11,393. We have responded in full to 9,609 letters and 1,784 letters are awaiting a response.
The breakdown by month of letters from hon. Members awaiting a response is:
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Month Received Fully responded to Pending a response November 2001 846 770 76 December 2001 527 464 63 January 2002 1053 959 94 February 2002 1105 1011 94 March 2002 1377 1210 167 April 2002 1115 861 254 May 2002 1022 629 393 June 2002 737 94 643 Our database records details of all letters received from honourable Members. We are therefore unable to provide details of untraceable mail.
Providing similar information for all items of mail received in the department would only be available at disproportionate cost.