HC Deb 03 December 2001 vol 376 cc88-9W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many letters his Department received from hon. and right hon. Members between 20 June and 20 July. [18561]

Mr. Straw

My Department received 1,349 letters from hon. and right hon. Members between 20 June and 20 July 2001.

Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many and what proportion of letters received by his Department between 20 June and 20 July were replied to(a) in under 15, (b) in under 20, (c) in under 30, (d) in under 40 and (e) in over 40 working days. [18581]

Mr. Straw

Of the 1,349 letters received from hon. and right hon. Members between 20 June and 20 July:

  1. (a) 72 per cent. were replied to in under 15 days;
  2. (b) 79 per cent. were replied to in under 20 days;
  3. (c) 81 per cent. were replied to in under 30 days;
  4. (d) 82 per cent. were replied to in under 40 days;
  5. (e) 18 per cent. were replied to in over 40 days.

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