HC Deb 18 June 2002 vol 387 c249W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of ordinary written questions for his Department were answered within a week of tabling in each month since June 2001; and what proportion of questions for named day received a substantive answer on that day in each month since June 2001. [58983]

Mr. Lammy

Available data1 are shown in the table:

Percentage of:
Month (current Session) Ordinary written questions answered within one week of tabling Named day written questions answered on day named
June 20 30
July 39 22
September/October 25 22
November 7 24
December 8 42
January 18 13
February 23 14
March 4 42
April 20 28
May2 31 32
1 Based on 10 per cent. sample of the records
2To date

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