To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since May 1997; and what percentage of them received a substantive reply on that day. [80738]

According to Departmental records, 454 parliamentary questions for written answer on a named day were tabled to the Lord Chancellor's Department between May 1997 and the end of March 1999; of these, 409, or 90 per cent. received a substantive reply on that day.