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Parliamentary Questions

Volume 455: debated on Monday 15 January 2007

To ask the Leader of the House how many written parliamentary questions to the Leader of the House in the 2005-06 Session were not answered wholly or in part on grounds of disproportionate cost. (113277)

In the 2005-06 Session, three written parliamentary questions were not answered on grounds of disproportionate cost.

To ask the Leader of the House how many written parliamentary questions to him in the 2005-06 Session were answered with a reply that it had not been possible to reply before Prorogation, or similar wording. (113278)

To ask the Leader of the House on how many occasions he has circulated round robin guidance to Departments following the tabling of written parliamentary questions in the last 12 months. (113667)

To ask the Leader of the House how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Office in 2006, broken down by (a) ordinary written and (b) named day; what percentage of ordinary written questions were answered within 10 working days; and what percentage of named day questions were answered by the specified date. (115281)

In the 2005-06 Session, the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons answered (a) 188 ordinary written parliamentary questions, 100 per cent. of which were answered within 10 sitting days; and (b) 71 named day questions, 100 per cent. of which were answered on the specified date.