§ John ThursoTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many(a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions his Department received in (i) 2002–03 and (ii) this parliamentary session, broken down by month; [171189]
Ordinary written Named day Number and percentage1 answered within five sitting days
Numbered tabled Number Percentage1 answered on date specified
Numbered tabled Number percentage1 Number tabled Number Percentage1 2002–03 session November 20022 199 184 93 109 84 77 December 2002 205 201 98 57 44 77 January 2003 342 295 86 65 46 71 February 2003 217 201 93 20 14 70 March 2003 308 234 76 45 38 84 April 2003 197 186 94 27 21 78 May 2003 233 216 93 35 24 69 June 2003 248 214 86 43 34 79 July 2003 214 209 98 29 25 86 August 2003 — — — — — — September 2003 183 177 97 24 20 83 October 2003 258 231 90 54 44 82 November 20033 181 174 96 29 26 90 Total 2,785 2,522 91 537 420 78 2003–04 session November 20034 71 62 87 6 6 100 December 2003 191 168 88 52 34 65 January 2004 247 202 82 73 45 62 February 2004 196 169 86 50 41 82 March 2004 286 261 91 62 52 84 April 2004 165 148 90 23 14 61 Total 1,156 1,010 87 266 192 72 1 Rounded to the nearest percentage point. 2 13 November to 30 November 2002. 3 1 November to 20 November 2003. 4 26 November to 30 November 2003.