§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many and what proportion of letters received by the Department in each of the last six months, were replied to in(a) under 15, (b) under 20, (c) under 30, (d) under 40 and (e) over 40 working days. [53100]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe information is contained in the following table:
Month (1) 15 days (2) 1 month (3) 2 months (4) 3 months (5) 3+ Total October 39 1 0 0 0 40 November 37 5 3 0 0 45 December 8 4 1 0 0 13 January 26 4 1 0 0 31 February 34 3 0 0 0 37 March 23 2 0 0 0 25 Note:
Columns 1 and 2 above are consistent with the requirements of the question but columns 3, 4 and 5 vary from it as the Wales Office collates its correspondence statistics slightly differently.