§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the written questions asked of her between(a) 1 to 30 June 2001, (b) 1 to 31 July 2001, (c) 1 to 30 September 2001,(d) 1 to 31 October 2001, (e) 1 to 30 November 2001,(f) 1 to 31 December 2001, (g) 1 to 31 January 2002, (h) 1 to 28 February 2002, (i) 1 to 31 March 2002 and (j) 1 to 30 April 2002 that had not received a substantive answer by 30 April; and if she will state (i) the name of the hon. Member asking the question and (ii) the reasons the question had not received a substantive answer. [54093]
§ Dr. HowellsI refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the President of the Council today.
Ministers make every attempt to answer questions within the agreed time scales but delays may occur when we are required to obtain information from external sources such as our sponsored bodies. The number of questions still awaiting a reply from the Department at the end of April is shown in the table.
919WIn addition, there are a further 30 questions which were tabled to us at the end of April with answers due in May.