To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what proportion of written questions for answer on a named day his Department has answered on the due date in the 2010 to 2012 Session of Parliament to date.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) received 1,418 written questions for answer on a named day in the 2010-12 Session of Parliament, up to 22 November 2011. Of these, 725, or 51%, were answered on the due date.

The MOD shall be providing the Procedure Committee with information relating to written parliamentary question performance at the end of the parliamentary Session. Statistics relating to the MOD’s performance for the 2009-10 Session were previously provided to the committee and are available on the Parliament website.