Parliamentary Questions

Norman Baker
To ask the Prime Minister how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Office in 2006, broken down by (a) ordinary written and (b) named day; what percentage of ordinary written questions were answered within 10 working days; and what percentage of named day questions were answered by the specific date.

The Prime Minister
My Office aims to answer all ordinary written parliamentary questions within five working days, and named day written parliamentary questions on the day named.

In the period from January 2006 to December 2006, 479 ordinary written and 156 named day parliamentary questions were tabled to my Office. Of these, 98 per cent. of ordinary written parliamentary questions were answered within 10 working days and 99 per cent. of named day questions were answered on the day named.