Departmental Written Questions

Mr. Harper
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what percentage of Parliamentary Questions tabled for written answer by his Department on a named day in session 2008-09 received a substantive answer on that day.

Barbara Follett
In the 2008-09 Session Communities and Local Government received 790 parliamentary questions for answer on a named day, of which 642 (81 per cent.) received a substantive answer on the day in question.