To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department 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. (115285)

A total of 1,935 parliamentary questions were tabled to DFID in 2006, of which 1,758 were ordinary written and 177 named day. DFID’s own records do not contain a breakdown of whether they were answered within 10 working days. However, it is obtainable from the Official Report.