§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Solicitor-General for Scotland how many of what percentage of the questions set down on the Order Paper for priority written answer by him in (a) Session 1983–84 and (b) the current Session to date have initially received a holding reply.
§ The Solicitor-General for ScotlandThe information requested is given in the table.
No of Questions set down for priority written answer where a holding reply was given initially Session Number Percentage 1983–84 Nil Nil 1984–85 (as at 24 May 1985) 4 18.2
§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Solicitor-General. for Scotland how many parliamentary questions have been answered by him in each of the last three complete Sessions, and the current Session to date; if he will break these figures down into questions tabled as oral questions, priority written questions and ordinary written questions, respectively; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Solicitor-General for ScotlandDuring the last three complete Sessions and the current Session to date, according to the departmental statistics I have answered 385 parliamentary questions. The breakdown of these questions into oral, priority written and ordinary written is given in the table.
Session Oral questions Priority written questions Ordinary written questions Total 1981–82 57 3 18 78 1982–83 63 5 14 82 1983–84 74 32 41 147 1984–84 (as at 24 May 1985) 45 22 11 78