HC Deb 06 May 2004 vol 420 cc1675-6W
John Thurso

To 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. Caborn

The 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These figures exclude those questions either withdrawn by the Member or transferred to another Department.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 Thurso

To 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]

Mr. Caborn

The 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