§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many, and what proportion of letters received by the Department from right hon. and hon. Members between 20 June and 20 July were replied to in(a) under 15, (b) under 20, (c) under 30, (d) under 40 and (e) over 40 working days. [21995]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonInformation on the volume of correspondence from Members of Parliament received by ministerial agency chief executives, and Departments and agencies and performance in handling them is published annually by the Cabinet Office. The most recent report, covering 2000, was announced by the then Minister for the Cabinet Office on 6 April 2001,Official Report, column 325W. Between 20 June and 20 July 2001, the volume of correspondence and percentage of replies within each of the specified timescales was, as follows:
- Total number of correspondence: 102
- Replied to in under 15 days: 41 (40 per cent.)
- Replied to in under 20 days: 31 (30 per cent.)
- Replied to in under 30 days: 13 (13 per cent.)
- Replied to in under 40 days: 12 (12 per cent.)
- Replied to in over 40 days: 5 (5 per cent.)