§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many questions to her Department tabled for written answer on a named day during Session 1998–99 were answered(a) on or before a named day, (b) within one week of a named day, (c) within one month of a named day, (d) within three months of a named day and (e) after three months of a named day. [106483]
§ Mr. StringerThe information is not held in the form requested. In the Session 1998–99, 154 named day questions were tabled to the Cabinet Office of which 68 per cent. received a substantive answer on the day specified.
§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many questions to her Department tabled for ordinary written answer during Session 1998–99 were answered(a) within two weeks of tabling, (b) within one month of tabling, (c) within three months of tabling and (d) after three months of tabling. [106488]
§ Mr. StringerThe information is not held in the form requested. In the Session 1998–99, 291 ordinary written questions were tabled to the Cabinet Office of which 83 per cent. received a substantive reply within five working days.
§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many questions to her Department were tabled for written answer during Session 1998–99; and how many of these she replied to(a) by means of a letter placed in the Library rather than by substantive answer in the Official Report, (b) by stating that a substantive answer could not be given due to information not being held centrally and (c) by stating that a substantive answer could not be given due to disproportionate cost. [106484]
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§ Mr. StringerIn the Session 1998–99, 676 questions for written answer were tabled to the Cabinet Office of which 12 were replied to by means of a letter placed in the Libraries of the House. Five questions received an answer in part in so far as information was available, and 13 were replied to by stating that the information requested was not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.