HC Deb 22 May 2002 vol 386 cc406-7W
Mr. Yeo

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the written questions asked of him 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 he will state (i) the name of the hon. Member asking the question and (ii) the reasons the question had not received a substantive answer. [54088]

Mr. Wills

[holding answer 2 May 2002]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the President of the Council on 2 May 2002, Official Report, column 949W. 1,236 questions were tabled to the Lord Chancellor's Department, between 1 June 2001 and 30 April 2002, of which 84.71 per cent. were substantively answered. A further 14.72 per cent. has been answered since 1 May 2002. Presently, the following seven questions (excluding this one) have not received a substantive answer:

2002 1 February to 28 February—two from my hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley, North and Sefton, East (Mr. Howarth) and one from my hon. Friend the Member for Hull, North (Mr. McNamara). 1 March to 31 March—one from the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Mr. Turner), one from the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) and one from the hon. Member for Buckingham (Mr. Bercow). 1 April to 30 April—one from the hon. Member for Mid-Sussex (Mr. Soames). The remaining outstanding questions will be answered as soon as possible but have missed the deadline due in part to work pressures throughout the Department.