HC Deb 15 April 1999 vol 329 c309W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since May 1997; and what percentage of them received a substantive reply on that day. [80733]

Mr. Dewar

The information for the period May 1997—February 1998 is not held centrally and could be collected only at disproportionate cost. The information for the period March 1998—March 1999 is as follows:

Nominated questions tabled 1 March 1998–31 March 1999 % answered substantively on date nominated
1,021 62