To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many questions tabled for answer on a named day his Department received in each of the last 12 months; and to how many such questions his Department provided a substantive answer on the day named. (305387)

My Department¹ received 515 parliamentary questions tabled for answer on a named day during the last 12 months. The amount tabled for answer in each of the last 12 months and the number given a substantive reply are in the table.

¹Includes figures for named day parliamentary questions tabled to the Minister for the Olympics.

My Department endeavours to answer all named day parliamentary questions on the allocated day but where this is not possible we aim to provide a substantive reply at the earliest opportunity possible.