Question reference: S2W-32126
- Asked by: Scott Barrie, MSP for Dunfermline West, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 1 March 2007
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Current status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 2 March 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its performance in answering ministerial correspondence was in the third and fourth quarters of 2006.
Answer
In the answer to questionS1W-24583 on 28 March 2002, I undertook to continue to report quarterly on the numbersof letters received by ministers and our performance in answering them.
In the quarter July to September2006, 5,378 letters were received by ministers, of which 84% received a reply withinour target of 20 working days.
In the quarter October to December2006, 11,157 letters were received for ministerial reply, of which 93% receiveda reply within our target of 20 working days.