HC Deb 10 December 2001 vol 376 c544W
Annabelle Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what percentage of parliamentary questions replied to by her Department were the subject of a holding answer in the last three Sessions of Parliament. [22024]

Clare Short

Over the last three Sessions of Parliament 20 per cent. of parliamentary questions put down to my Department have been the subject of a holding reply.