HC Deb 17 December 1993 vol 234 c948W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of correspondence received by(a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's agencies receives (i) an acknowledgement within five days and (ii) a substantive reply within 15 days.

Mr. Howard

Various targets are set for acknowledging and answering different types of correspondence in different areas of the Home Office and its agencies. Information in the form requested by the hon. Member is not, however, readily available for the Department as a whole, nor for individual agencies.