HC Deb 21 July 1998 vol 316 c440W
Mr. Ian Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what target her Department sets for the maximum time to respond to letters from hon. Members; what proportion of letters meets that target; and what is the average time taken to respond to a letter from an hon. Member. [49886]

Mr. Paul Murphy

[holding answer 13 July 1998]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Office of Public Service, on 13 July 1998, Official Report, column 1.

Mr. Ian Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the e-mail address of her Department's Ministerial Correspondence Unit. [49888]

Mr. Paul Murphy

[holding answer 13 July 1998]: The Northern Ireland Office and the Northern Ireland Departments do not have a central Ministerial Correspondence Unit. Each Minister's Private Office handles its own correspondence. Ministers may be accessed at press.nio@nics.gov.uk.