§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each Minister in his Department the performance against target for(a) answering written parliamentary questions and (b) answering letters from hon. Members for each of the last 12 months. [30967]
§ Ms BlearsI apologise to the hon. Member for the delay in responding to this question. I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble) on 5 March 2002,Official Report, column 192W.
The available information in relation to correspondence is in the table. The table shows the figures in percentage form.
Month (2001) SOFS MS(H) MS(C) PS(L) PS(PH) PS(H) January 11 8 42 42 9 32 February 9 23 64 63 12 31 March 7 28 68 33 7 30 April 40 32 82 45 39 59 May 28 44 72 58 45 66 June 43 64 78 82 85 97 July 96 97 90 86 76 83 August 51 65 44 71 64 64 September 65 35 39 69 29 33 October 68 68 76 77 23 9 November 56 48 80 65 5 16 December 44 54 32 38 12 18 I regret that the information relating to parliamentary questions cannot be provided because the record management database from which it would be drawn is not now reliable for the reasons set out in the reply that my right hon. friend the Secretary of State gave my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble) on 5 March 2002, Official Report, column 192W.