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answer text: The Department processes approximately 3,000 ordinary written and named day PQs per year, covering a diverse range of subject areas which often require complex answers. We endeavour to respond to all written answers within the deadlines set by Parliament. Statistics relating to performance for the 2010-12 parliamentary Session (25 May 2010-1 May 2012) are available on the Parliament website as follows: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/procedure/P35_Memorandum_Leader_of_the_House_ Monitoring_PQs.pdf Statistics relating to performance for the 2012-13 parliamentary Session (9 May 2012-25 April 2013) are available on the Parliament website as follows: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmproced/writev/wpqs/wpq.pdf Answers to parliamentary questions are signed off by a senior civil servant and the relevant Minister. Special advisers are employed to provide additional advice and assistance to Ministers across a wide range of areas. The Government is committed to providing the Procedure Committee with information relating to written PQ performance on a sessional basis and will provide full information relating to the 2013-14 Session to the Committee at the end of the current Session.
answer given date: 2013-12-12+00:00
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