To ask the Prime Minister how long on average his office took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. (215460)

My office aims to answer all ordinary written parliamentary questions (PQs) within five working days, and named day written PQs on the day named. Since the start of the current parliamentary Session 97 per cent. of named day PQs and 81 per cent. of ordinary written PQs were answered on time. Information for previous parliamentary Sessions is a matter of public record and can be found in the Official Report.