HC Deb 15 April 1999 vol 329 c306W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to her Department for written answer on a named day since May 1997; and what percentage of them received a substantive reply on that day. [80729]

Marjorie Mowlam

Between 1 May 1997 and 1 April 1999 this Department was asked 783 named day questions of which 411, or 53.4 per cent. received a substantive reply on the named day.