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date	02/06/2020
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
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answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Written Questions: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	The Leader of the House how many of the Questions for Written Answer listed as unanswered after 10 working days in the edition of House of Lords Business dated 3 June related to COVID-19; and what steps she is taking to ensure that they are answered promptly.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL4906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>In the House of Lords Business dated 3 June, there were 164 unanswered Questions for Written Answer (QWA) relating to COVID-19. As of 11th June, 72 of these have been answered. The officials and special adviser's working in my office regularly speak with departments to ensure the timely answering of QWAs and have been doing so during the COVID-19 pandemic. I also regularly remind the Government Front Bench of their obligations to the House and the need to ensure all QWAs are answered within the established deadlines.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 11/06/2020 11:15:10 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

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registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	The Leader of the House what percentage of (1) topical questions for written answer, and (2) normal questions for written answer, have not been answered within the expected timeframes for responding to such questions since the COVID-19 lockdown was imposed.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL4914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>Since the lockdown was imposed on 23 March 82 topical questions for written answer were tabled. 49% of these were not answered within the expected timeframe. There were 2434 standard questions for written answer tabled, 25% of which were not answered within the standard time frame. These figures are correct as of 11 June.<strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 11/06/2020 13:30:36 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt