Details of the number of questions tabled for answer on a named day and those that received a substantive answer on the day named are shown in the following table:
Number of named day questions tabled Percentage of named day questions that received a substantive answer on the day named December 2008 2 100 January 2009 1 100 February 2009 0 n/a March 2009 11 90 April 2009 5 100 May 2009 1 0 June 2009 0 n/a July 2009 6 100 August 2009 0 n/a September 2009 0 n/a October 2009 0 n/a November 2009 2 100
Central guidance on answering parliamentary questions is now available in the “Guide to Parliamentary Work”, at:
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/parliamentary-clerk-guide.aspx
In the response to the Procedure Committee Report on written parliamentary questions, the Government accepted the Committee’s recommendation that Departments be required to provide the Procedure Committee with sessional statistics in a standard format on the time taken to respond to written parliamentary questions, accompanied by an explanatory memorandum setting out any factors affecting their performance. This will be taken forward as soon as possible.