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<p>It is the responsibility of individual ministers to decide what answers they give
to Questions for Written Answer (QWAs), and they are of course accountable to the
House for those answers. That direct accountability is important: that is why Ministers
in this House must provide personally signed answers to members. The Ministerial Code
states that <em>“It is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful
information to Parliament”.<br><br></em>As Leader of the House I have a particular
responsibility to encourage Ministers and their departments to be punctual in answering
written questions. My office immediately approach departments who have not responded
to questions after 10 working days, and remain in contact with them until the questions
are answered. At the end of this Session I will publish data on the annual performance
of departments on their promptness in dealing with QWAs.</p><p> </p>
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