Departmental Written Questions

Mr. Harper
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 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.

Joan Ruddock
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Glasgow, East (John Mason) on 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 926W. The percentage of named day questions answered on the day was 29 per cent.