To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what average time his Department took to answer questions for (a) ordinary written answer and (b) written answer on a named day in the last 12 months. (313664)

The information is not held in the format requested. However, during the 12 months up to 31 December 2009, 67 per cent. of ordinary written questions and 74 per cent. of named day written questions were answered on time.