HL Deb 09 June 2003 vol 649 c16WA
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How long the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is taking to reply to written queries about the operation of the new rules on disposal of fallen stock. [HL2897]

Lord Whitty

The Department endeavours to reply to all correspondence within the Service First deadline of 15 working days.

Due to the way our database is arranged it is not possible to provide separately identifiable information for fallen stock. However, for the period from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 the Department has responded to 88 per cent of all BSE-related correspondence, including fallen stock, within the 15 working day deadline.