HC Deb 18 June 2002 vol 387 c224W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of ordinary written questions for her Department were answered within a week of tabling in each month since June 2001; and what proportion of questions for named day received a substantive answer on that day in each month since June 2001. [58979]

Mr. Morley

The information requested is in the table.

Percentage
Named days—PQs answered on time Written questions— PQs answered within 5 days
2001
June 2 42
July 8 22
August n/a n/a
September n/a n/a
October 19 56
November 20 60
December 24 32
2002
January 20 58
February 20 53
March 16 60
April 7 53
May 9 32