HC Deb 26 July 1988 vol 138 c197W
Mr. Tom Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average length of time taken by his Department to respond to correspondence from right hon. and hon. Members during the summer recess.

Mr. Hurd

Information is not available in the form requested, but the average turn-round time of ministerial correspondence in my Department during the third quarter of 1987 was 45 days.