§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many named day written questions were tabled to the Department between 15 October 2002 and 24 February 2003; how many that received a holding answer were given a substantive answer(a) within three days, (b) within seven days, (c) within 14 days, (d) within 28 days and (e) over 28 days later; and what procedures the Department has in place to monitor performance on answering (i) Parliamentary Questions and (ii) ministerial letters. [99430]
§ Clare ShortBetween 15 October 2002 and 24 February 2003, 119 named day written questions were tabled to my Department.
For those that received a holding answer substantive replies were given as follows:
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- (a) 9 were given within three days,
- (b) 1 within seven days,
- (c) 2 within fourteen days,
- (d) 4 within 28 days and
- (e) 1 over twenty eight days.
The Cabinet Office, on an annual basis, publishes a report to Parliament on performance of departments in replying to Ministerial correspondence. The Report for 2001 was published on Friday 24 May 2002, column 674W. The Report for 2002 will be published in due course.