Government Departments: Correspondence

House of Lords written question – answered at on 16 July 2012.

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Photo of Lord Laird Lord Laird UUP

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.

Photo of Lord Taylor of Holbeach Lord Taylor of Holbeach The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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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