§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in the Official Report for the latest year for which information is available, for each right hon. and hon. Member, the arithmetic mean in days that his Department took to reply to letters.
§ Mr. EggarThe precise information can be supplied only at disporportiate cost. However, it is our office practice to reply to all letters from right hon. and hon. Members within, as far as possible, two weeks from receipt. In the majority of cases these replies are substantive.