Departmental Written Questions

John Mason
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 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.

Barbara Follett
The information requested is provided in the following table:

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|Month    |Number of questions tabled for answer on a named day|Number of questions provided a substantive answer on the day named|
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|2009     |                                                    |                                                                  |
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|November |114                                                 |70                                                                |
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|October  |68                                                  |49                                                                |
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|September|54                                                  |39                                                                |
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|August   |o                                                   |-                                                                 |
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|July     |76                                                  |70                                                                |
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|June     |102                                                 |93                                                                |
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|May      |50                                                  |42                                                                |
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|April    |75                                                  |74                                                                |
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|March    |109                                                 |104                                                               |
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|February |91                                                  |72                                                                |
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|January  |46                                                  |41                                                                |
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|2008     |                                                    |                                                                  |
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|December |37                                                  |30                                                                |
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