To ask the Solicitor-General what average time the Law Officers' Departments took to answer questions for (a) ordinary written answer and (b) written answer on a named day in the last 12 months. (313653)

Data on the average length of time taken to answer written parliamentary questions are not routinely recorded by my Office, and it is not possible to provide a reliable estimate based on existing records.

Measures are currently being put in place to begin recording more detailed information on parliamentary questions for the current and future parliamentary sessions.