HC Deb 30 January 2001 vol 362 cc180-1W
Tony Wright

To ask the President of the Council how many and what percentage of written parliamentary questions asked in Session 1998–99 received a holding answer, broken down by Department. [142190]

Mrs. Beckett

The information requested, provided by the House of Commons Library (POLIS database'), is provided in the table.

Department Questions tabled Holding reply Percentage
Accommodation and Works Committee 13 4 30.77
Attorney-General 111 1 0.9
Cabinet Office 479 28 5.85
Catering Select Committee 6 1 16.67
DCMS 1,048 316 30.15
DFEE 2,061 251 12.18
DFID 770 18 2.34
DH 2,428 253 10.42
DSS 1,647 70 4.25
DETR 3,978 447 11.24
DTI 2,353 591 25.12
Deputy Prime Minister 131 20 15.27
FCO 2,191 236 10.77
HO 3,310 84 2.54
HoC Commission 26 6 23.08
LCD 630 17 2.70
MAFF 1,697 440 25.93
MOD 2,358 440 18.66
NIO 1,081 184 17.02
PCO 158 2 1.27
Prime Minister 712 154 21.63
SO 1,206 307 25.46
HMT 2,083 544 26.12
WO 1,073 29 2.70
1 A note provided by the House of Commons POLIS Section on how these figures should be interpreted has been placed in the Library.