§ Norman BakerTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department since 1 January 2003, broken down by(a) ordinary written and (b) named day; what percentage in respect of (a) were answered within 10 working days; and what percentage in respect of (b) were answered by the specified date. [157742]
§ Yvette CooperSince 1 January 2003 to 27 February 2004(a) 2,941 ordinary written parliamentary questions and (b) 548 named day parliamentary questions have been tabled to my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister, of these (a) 87 per cent. were answered within 10 working days and (b) 84 per cent. were answered by the specified date.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister endeavours to reply to all parliamentary questions within parliamentary deadlines wherever possible.