Select Committee on Procedure Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence

Annex B

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

2 April 2001 to 27 April 2001

	Scottish Executive	Presiding Officer	Total
Questions asked	730	14	744
Questions answered	732	9	741

Non-recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding Officer
0-14 days	387	57.5%	7
100%
2-4 weeks	117	17.4%	0
4-6 weeks	73	10.9%	0
6-8 weeks	25	3.7%	0
8 weeks and over	71	10.6%	0
Total answered	673		7

Recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding Officer
0-21 days	39	66.1%	2
100%
3-5 weeks	0	0%	0
5-7 weeks	6	10.1%	0
7-9 weeks	5	8.5%	0
9 weeks and over	9	15.3%	0
Total answered	59		2

Percentage of Executive questions answered in due period    58.2%

30 April 2001 to 25 May 2001

	Scottish Executive	Presiding Officer	Total
Questions asked	520	7	527
Questions answered	860	12	872

Non-recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding Officer
0-14 days	362	55.8%	5	71.4%
2-4 weeks	108	16.6%	1	14.2%
4-6 weeks	56	8.6%	1	14.2%
6-8 weeks	39	6%	0
8 weeks and over	84	12.9%	0
Total answered	649		7

Recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding Officer
0-21 days	175	83.7%	5	100%
3-5 weeks	21	10%	0
5-7 weeks	5	2.4%	0
7-9 weeks	0		0
9 weeks and over	8	3.8%	0
Total answered	209		5

Percentage of Executive questions answered in due period    62.4%

28 May 2001 to 22 June 2001

	Scottish Executive	Presiding Officer	Total
Questions asked	523	17	540
Questions answered	514	8	522

Non-recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding Officer
0-14 days	346	68.4%	6	75%
2-4 weeks	58	11.5%	2	25%
4-6 weeks	37	7.3%	0
6-8 weeks	25	4.9%	0
8 weeks and over	40	7.9%	0
Total answered	506		8

Recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding Officer
0-21 days	0		0
3-5 weeks	0	0%	0
5-7 weeks	1	12.5%	0
7-9 weeks	6	75%	0
9 weeks and over	1	12.5%	0
Total answered	8		0

Percentage of Executive questions answered in due period    67.3%

25 June 2001 to 20 July 2001

	Scottish Executive	Presiding Officer	Total
Questions asked	629	3	632
Questions answered	385	12	397

Non-recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding	Officer
0-14 days	218	72%	12	100%
2-4 weeks	43	14.2%	0
4-6 weeks	16	5.3%	0
6-8 weeks	6	2%	0
8 weeks and over	20	6.6%	0
Total answered	303		12

Recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding Officer
0-28 days	81	98.8%	0
4-6 weeks	0		0
6-8 weeks	0		0
8 weeks and over	1	1.2%	0
Total answered	82		0

Percentage of Executive questions answered in due period    77.7%

23 July 2001 to 17 August 2001

	Scottish Executive	Presiding Officer	Total
Questions asked	434	2	436
Questions answered	546	4	550

Non-recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding Officer
0-14 days	0		0
2-4 weeks	0		0
4-6 weeks	12	20%	0
6-8 weeks	18	30%	0
8 weeks and over	30	50%	0
Total answered	60		0

Recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding	Officer
0-28 days	356	73.3%	4	100%
4-6 weeks	96	19.8%	0
6-8 weeks	33	6.8%	0
8 weeks and over	1	0.2%	0
Total answered	486		4

Percentage of Executive questions answered in due period    65.2%

20 August 2001 to 14 September 2001

	Scottish Executive	Presiding Officer	Total
Questions asked	587	3	590
Questions answered	549	1	550

Non-recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding	Officer
0-14 days	20	87%	0
2-4 weeks	0		0
4-6 weeks	0		0
6-8 weeks	0		0
8 weeks and over	3	13%	0
Total answered	23		0

Recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding	Officer
0-28 days	399	75.9%	1	100%
4-6 weeks	84	16%	0
6-8 weeks	29	5.5%	0
8 weeks and over	14	2.7%	0
Total answered	526		1

Percentage of Executive questions answered in due period    76.3%

17 September 2001 to 12 October 2001

	Scottish Executive	Presiding Officer	Total
Questions asked	843	16	859
Questions answered	795	16	811

Non-recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding	Officer
0-14 days	517	89.6%	4	100%
2-4 weeks	54	9.4%	0
4-6 weeks	5	0.9%	0
6-8 weeks	0		0
8 weeks and over	1	0.2%	0
Total answered	577		4

Recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding	Officer
0-28 days	172	78.9%	12	100%
4-6 weeks	23	10.5%	0
6-8 weeks	10	4.6%	0
8 weeks and over	13	6%	0
Total answered	218		12

Percentage of Executive questions answered in due period    86.7%

15 October 2001 to 9 November 2001

	Scottish Executive	Presiding Officer	Total
Questions asked	765	10	775
Questions answered	611	6	617

Non-recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding	Officer
0-14 days	139	52.9%	2	66.6%
2-4 weeks	83	31.6%	1	33.3%
4-6 weeks	31	11.8%	0
6-8 weeks	9	3.4%	0
8 weeks and over	1	0.4%	0
Total answered	263		3

Recess questions answered

Answered within:	Scottish	Executive	Presiding Officer
0-28 days	320	92%	3
4-6 weeks	6	1.7%	0
6-8 weeks	7	2%	0
8 weeks and over	15	4.3%	0
Total answered	348		3

Percentage of Executive questions answered in due period    75.1%

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Prepared 26 June 2002