§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. [58974]
§ Mr. Boateng3,558 of the 4,563 written Parliamentary questions tabled to the Treasury in the present session have been answered on time, the detailed breakdown sought by the hon. Gentleman being as follows.
Named Day questions answered on the nominated day (per cent) Ordinary Written questions answered within a week of being tabled (per cent) June 95.4 77.4 July 72.9 85.8 October 65.4 75.3 November 70.3 82.3 December 74.7 77.0 January 77.4 73.3 February 83.3 77.7 March 63.3 80.9 April 43.9 88.4 May (to date) 88.2 83.3
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the question from the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham Ref. 31887 tabled on 28 January; and if he will make a statement as to the cause of the delay. [59433]
§ Ruth KellyI answered the hon. Gentleman's question on 13 March,Official Report, columns 1108–9W.