To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many questions tabled to his Department for ordinary written answer in Session 2007-08 were (a) answered (i) in up to three days, (ii) in between four days and two weeks, (iii) in between two weeks and one month, (iv) in between one month and two months and (v) two months or more after tabling and (b) were not answered. (268661)

The information requested is not available in a format to reply without incurring disproportionate cost. This applies equally to researching the House "Parliamentary Information Management System".

However, in the three-month period from December 2008 to February 2009, the Department received a total of 566 ordinary written parliamentary questions of which 225 were answered within five sitting days. Of the 566, a total of 20 remain to be answered.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many questions tabled to his Department for named day written answer in Session 2007-08 (a) received a substantive answer (i) on the day named and (ii) (A) in up to three days, (B) in between four days and two weeks, (C) in between two weeks and one month, (D) in between one and two months and (E) more than two months after the day named and (b) were not answered. (268662)

The information requested is not available in a format to reply without incurring disproportionate cost. This applies equally to researching the House "Parliamentary Information Management System".

However, in the three-month period from December 2008 to February 2009, the Department received a total of 188 named day parliamentary questions (including first order questions which could not be answered in the Chamber). Of the 188, a total of 52 were answered on the date specified. A total of five remain to be answered.