Thursday 9 October 2008

Leader of the House

                              WRITTEN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT 

Named Day Parliamentary Questions tabled during September, 2008.

A total of 807 Named Day Parliamentary Questions were asked of departments on the three specified tabling days during September, 2008.  57% of these were answered on the due date, a 2% fall in performance compared with the previous September. Ministers endeavour to answer questions promptly wherever possible. A total of 82% of questions had been answered substantively by the end of September, 2008.