§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Prime Minister if he will place in the Library a table of his Departments' performance in replying to Members' correspondence. [80525]
§ The Prime MinisterThe Cabinet Office, on an annual basis, publishes a report to Parliament on the volume of Members' correspondence received by Departments. The report for 2001 was published on Friday 24 May 2002,Official Report, column 674W. Copies of previous reports are available in the Library of the House. The report for 2002 will be published as soon as possible after the end of the current calendar year.
For information about the handling of correspondence within my own office, I refer my honourable Friend to my reply to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) on 7 November 2002, Official Report, column 444W.