§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many(a) parliamentary questions and (b) letters to her from hon. Members in this Session remain unanswered, broken down by those which are (i) one month old, (ii) two months old, (iii) three months old, (iv) four months old and (v) over six months old. [79945]
745W
§ Ms HewittThe Cabinet Office publishes a report to Parliament on an annual basis setting out the volume of Members' correspondence received by Departments. The Report for 2001 was published on Friday 24 May,Official Report column 677W. Copies of previous reports are available in the Library of the House.
The following table shows the number of letters to hon. Members which remain outstanding.
1 Month old 2 Months 3 Months 4 Months Over 6 Months 71 47 22 8 —
§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the answer from the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, of 19 September 2002,Official Report, c.238W, when she will reply to the letter dated 31 January from the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan regarding the Johannesburg Earth Summit. [79338]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 5 November 2002]: I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member's letter. A reply has been sent out today.