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1228057

	registered interest
	date	27/07/2020
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of questions for written answer tabled by members of the House of Lords that have not been answered within the required timeframe; and why those questions have not yet received an answer.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL7393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2020 answer text <p>As of 30th July, there have been 7,372 QWAs tabled this session in comparison, a total of 6,266 QWAs were tabled in the whole of 2019. All departments have been working extremely hard in difficult and unprecedented circumstances. My office is in regular contact with departments about late responses. Additionally, I remind my ministerial colleagues of the need to provide timely answers to written questions and have received assurances that any backlogs are being worked through.<strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 30/07/2020 12:37:26 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1246834

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2020
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what guidance or training is given to Ministers on the requirements to answer written questions from Members of the House comprehensively.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL9633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>As Leader of the House I take very seriously the responsibility incumbent on all Ministers to provide full, timely and comprehensive answers to Questions for Written Answers (QWAs). My office works closely with all departmental Parliamentary teams to help provide advice on what is expected of them in providing such answers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ministers are also reminded regularly of the importance of their obligations to the House.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 02/11/2020 12:26:13 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1465487

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of written questions sent to each Government department received a response citing disproportionate cost as grounds upon which not to provide a substantive answer in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021and (d) January-May 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	7944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Details of responses to written parliamentary questions from other government departments are not recorded centrally by the Cabinet Office. All questions that received responses that cited disproportionate costs or information not being available in the format requested can be found publicly on the parliament.uk website and can be searched for within the years requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 7945 question first answered 06/06/2022 12:39:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1465498

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of written questions to each Government department received the response that information was not available in the format requested in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) January to May 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	7945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Details of responses to written parliamentary questions from other government departments are not recorded centrally by the Cabinet Office. All questions that received responses that cited disproportionate costs or information not being available in the format requested can be found publicly on the parliament.uk website and can be searched for within the years requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 7944 question first answered 06/06/2022 12:39:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1656969

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, whether she has made an estimate of how many and what proportion of written questions from Hon and Rt hon. members have resulted in the Government (a) changing policy and (b) taking particular action in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	197229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally. Decisions on each policy area are a matter for individual Departments.</p><p>Written Parliamentary Questions and Early Day Motions are important ways in which MPs can hold the Government to account and scrutinise policy.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 197321 question first answered 07/09/2023 16:22:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1654387

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2023
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many and what proportion of written parliamentary questions have been carded by the Table Office in each of the last 12 months that the House was sitting.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	195144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The IT programmes used by the Table Office do not separately record the number or proportion of questions that have been carded. The information requested could only be established by going through each of the 62,668 questions tabled in the periods specified, which would incur disproportionate expense. However, the figures for 3 July 2023, given below, are likely to be representative:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Published unamended or with style edits</p></td><td><p>233 (78% of total processed)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Published having been carded and subsequently discussed with Member/Member’s office</p></td><td><p>28 (9%)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL PUBLISHED</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carded and not yet resolved/published</p></td><td><p>23 (8%)</p></td><td><p>Of which 5 information readily available, 4 duplicate question, 14 other reason</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carded and withdrawn</p></td><td><p>12 (4%)</p></td><td><p>Of which 1 information readily available, 5 duplicate question, 6 other reason</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Withdrawn for other reasons</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL PROCESSED</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>298</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Table Office can only put on to the Order Paper questions which comply with the rules of the House. Questions substantially the same as one already tabled are not published. If a question appears to be disorderly the Member is ‘carded’: asked to discuss with the Table Office how the question might be brought within the rules. The rules regarding questions are set out at 3.22 in Erskine May, which is available online: <a href="https://erskinemay.parliament.uk/section/4942/rules-of-order-regarding-form-and-contents-of-questions" target="_blank">Rules of order regarding form and contents of questions - Erskine May - UK Parliament</a></p><p>The Table Office also provides tailored briefing and coaching in drafting questions for Members and their staff.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 04/09/2023 19:07:44 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi