Until 26 January 2009 this task was shared by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Parliamentary Units who monitored all parliamentary questions. This responsibility transferred to the Department of Energy and Climate Change's Parliamentary Unit on its creation on 26 January 2009.
A DECC for December have been answered and the Department currently has nine outstanding questions that were tabled for answer in January 2009.
Parliamentary Unit does record average times taken to reply to questions. Processes are now in place that provides the following information:
February (Number) Monthly PQs 277 Total PQs 520 Answered within five days 36 Answered between six and 10 days 134 Answered between 11 and 15 days 35 Answered between 16 and 20 days 23 Answered 21 days or over 11 Transferred 1 Lords 41
February (Number) Total named day questions per month 32 Answered on day 0 Answered within five days 13