My Office aims to answer all ordinary written parliamentary questions within five working days, and named day written parliamentary questions on the day named.
In the period from January 2006 to December 2006, 479 ordinary written and 156 named day parliamentary questions were tabled to my Office. Of these, 98 per cent. of ordinary written parliamentary questions were answered within 10 working days and 99 per cent. of named day questions were answered on the day named.