§ Mr. SproatTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the average time taken by the Ministers in his Department, including himself, to answer letters from hon. Members, in each of the first three quarters of 1992, measuring the time from the receipt of the letter to the dispatch of the substantive reply.
§ Miss WiddecombeThis information is in the table:
Quarter Number of letters Average working days taken 1 January 1992–31 March 1992 4,464 19.0 1 April 1992–30 June 1992 2,284 18.5 1 July 1992–30 September 1992 3,169 21.0