§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the written questions asked of him between(a) 1 to 30 June 2001, (b) 1 to 31 July 2001, (c) 1 to 30 September 2001, (d) 1 to 31 October 2001, (e) 1 to 30 November 2001, (f) 1 to 31 December 2001, (g) 1 to 31 January 2002, (h) 1 to 28 February 2002, (i) 1 to 31 March 2002 and (j) 1 to 30 April 2002 that had not received a substantive answer by 30 April: and if he will state (i) the name of the hon. Member asking the question and (ii) the reasons the question had not received a substantive answer. [54081]
§ Mr. Blunkett[holding answer 2 May 2002]I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend, Leader of the House of Commons (Mr. Cook) on 2 May 2002. For the Home Office, the number of outstanding questions for each month between June 2001 and April 2002 as at 30 April 2002 is shown in the table. The table also shows those that were still outstanding on 12 September 2002.
Outstanding PQs Month Total PQs At 30 April 2002 At 12 September 2002 1–30 June 2001 136 0 0 1–31 July 2001 495 0 0 1–30 September 2001 0 0 0 1–31 October 2001 427 4 0 1–30 November 2001 641 9 4 1–31 December 2001 343 13 7 1–31 January 2002 661 42 13 1–28 February 2002 555 53 13 1–31 March 2002 512 106 19 1–30 April 2002 705 421 13 We recognise that our performance in answering Parliamentary Questions needs to be improved and we are working closely with directorates and our business change and Information Technology (IT) partners to improve the situation.