§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) what proportion of those named day parliamentary written questions to his Department that received a holding answer between 15 October and 5 November received the substantive answer(a) within three parliamentary days,(b) within seven parliamentary days, (c) within 10 parliamentary days,(d) within 15 parliamentary days and (e) over 15 parliamentary days after the holding answer was issued; [13326]
(2) how many named day parliamentary written questions were tabled to his Department between 15 October and 5 November; and what proportion of these have received holding answers. [13307]
§ Dr. WhiteheadIn the period 15 October to 5 November, my Department answered 261 named day parliamentary questions, of which 81 (31 per cent.) received holding answers.
Of the 81 that received holding answers, 72 (89 per cent.) received substantive answers within three parliamentary days (of which 29 (36 per cent.) received substantive answers within one day); and 9(11 per cent.) received substantive answers within seven parliamentary days.