§ John ThursoTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many(a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) the 2002–03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month; [170762]
(2) what proportion of (a) Ordinary Written Questions to his Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for a Named Day received a substantive answer on that day in (i) 2002–03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month. [170763]
§ Mr. TouhigThe information is not available in the format requested. However, during session 2002–03 the following parliamentary questions were tabled
290 (Ordinary Written Questions) of these 41 per cent. were answered within five sitting days.42 (Named Days) of these 61.9 per cent. were answered on the specified date.For 2003–04:
91 (Ordinary Written Questions) of these 52.7 per cent. were answered within five sitting days.6 (Named Days) of these 100 per cent. were answered on the specified date.