House of Lords written question – answered at on 16 July 2012.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many letters were received by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in each of the past five years for which information is available; and, of those, how many were sent by (1) Members of the House of Lords, (2) Members of the House of Commons, and (3) members of the public.
Figures for the number of letters and emails received by Core Defra's correspondence unit in the past five years are given in the table below:
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
Total received including emails | 55,636 | 52,991 | 48,434 | 45,597 | 43,830 |
Of which (1) from Members of the House of Lords | 70 | 81 | 82 | 77 | 48 |
Of which (2) from Members of the House of Commons | 15,633 | 15,784 | 16,695 | 13,432 | 12,022 |
Of which (3) from members of the public | 32,897 | 32,085 | 26,694 | 26,684 | 27,397 |
Other, including letters from stakeholders and ministerial invitations | 7,036 | 5,041 | 4,963 | 5,404 | 4,363 |
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