§ Mr. SwayneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to reply to Mr. J. A. Gibson's letter of Chiltern Drive, Barton on Sea, of 27 July, regarding the Access to Health Records Act 1990. [74659]
§ Mr. LammyThe Department has no record of receiving this correspondence. The Department's Ministerial correspondence unit has requested a duplicate.
§ Paddy TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what performance targets have been set for answering correspondence; and to what extent these targets are being met. [74272]
§ Mr. Lammy[holding answer 21 October 2002]: The Department's target for answering correspondence is 20 days, set by the Cabinet Office and known as the Service First Targets. The Cabinet Office, on an annual basis, publishes a report on the performance of each Department. The Report for 2001 was published on Friday, 24 May 2002. Copies of previous reports are available in the Library.