To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department and its predecessor received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. (190282)

The number of named days questions received by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform is shown as follows:

For the period in question 35 per cent. of named days received a substantive reply.