The next audit will cover written parliamentary questions lodged from October to December 2000 and will be published in the spring.The monthly average of questions lodged in the period covered by the table was 708 and 55.1% were answered on time i.e. within 14 days (or within 21 days when they were lodged in a recess longer than four days). In 1999, the monthly average for the period from 1 July was around 450, and for the period from May 1999 46% were answered on time.NUMBER OF WRITTEN PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS ANSWERED ON TIME/LATE, BY MONTHWEEKS LATEAT TIME OF THE AUDITSOn time0 - 11 - 22 - 33 - 44 - 5> 5TotalansweredNot answeredGrand TotalMONTHJanuary 3273147272275351410524February 42747592424229669915714March 5255686843316175975411016April 23856743316155048240522May4681351035338663489783980June 5607974371500765211976July 2903555 2819263248518503August 391323420117750229531September 2854764361100443162605Grand Total351151859634218915944757626096371% of Total55.18.19.45.42.92.57.090.49.6100This table reflects at the position as at 14 July and 14 October being the latest "due date" for PQs lodged on 30 June and 30 September 2000 respectively.