Question reference: S2W-29251
- Asked by: Scott Barrie, MSP for Dunfermline West, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 24 October 2006
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Current status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 27 October 2006
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its performance in answering ministerial correspondence was in the first and second quarters of 2006.
Answer
In the answer to question S1W-24583,I undertook to continue to report quarterly on the numbers of letters received byministers and our performance in answering them.
In the quarter January to March2006, 8,144 letters were received by ministers of which 83% received a reply withinour target of 20 working days.
In the quarter April to June2006, 6,968 letters were received by ministers of which 83% received a reply withinour target of 20 working days.