§ John ThursoTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of(a) Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were 65W answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for written answer on a named day received a substantive answer on that day in (a) the 2002–03 parliamentary session and (b) this parliamentary session, broken down by month. [171193]
§ Hilary BennWe are unable to provide information in the format requested without incurring disproportionate cost. DFID endeavours to respond to all Parliamentary Questions within deadlines where possible. I refer the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross to the statement made by the Leader of the House on 3 March 2004,Official Report, column 907W.