§ John ThursoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many(a) Ordinary Written and (b) Named Day Questions her Department received in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month. [170778]
§ Mr. CabornThe information requested is as follows:
2002–03 Session Named day Ordinary written November 2002 39 112 December 2002 28 52 January 2003 24 114 February 2003 11 105 March 2003 14 116 April 2003 10 110 May 2003 16 153 June 2003 18 150 July 2003 6 104 August 2003 0 0 September 2003 8 68 October 2003 6 69 November 2003 22 63 Total 202 1,216
2002–03 Session Named day Ordinary written November 2003 1 37 December 2003 12 105 January 2004 23 84 February 2004 9 106 March 2004 20 160 April 2004 13 65 Total 78 557 These figures exclude those questions either withdrawn by the Member or transferred to another Department.
§ John ThursoTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of(a) Ordinary Written Questions to her Department were answered within five sitting days of tabling and (b) Questions for a Named Day received a substantive answer on that day in (i) 2002–03 and (ii) this parliamentary session up to the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by month. [170779]
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§ Mr. CabornThe information requested is as follows:
2002–03 Session Named Day Ordinary Written Number answered on time Percentage Number answered within 5 sitting days Percentage November 2002 25 64.10 50 43.86 December 2002 9 32.14 20 40.82 January 2003 11 45.83 89 74.79 February 2003 9 69.23 58 56.31 March 2003 9 69.23 79 65.29 April 2003 3 30.00 37 32.17 May 2003 9 60.00 39 27.86 June 2003 8 44.44 96 61.15 July 2003 3 50.00 50 51.02 August 2003 0 0 0 0 September 2003 3 37.50 25 37.31 October 2003 5 83.33 47 56.63 November 2003 18 81.82 52 89.66
2003–04 Session Named Day Ordinary Written Number answered on time Percentage Number answered within 5 sitting days Percentage November 2003 1 25.00 28 75.68 December 2003 6 66.67 73 69.52 January 2004 16 69.57 61 70.74 February 2004 6 66.67 71 61.74 March 2004 14 63.64 131 80.37 April 2004 11 84.62 32 52.46