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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Mr. Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of hon. Members' correspondence received by the Immigration and Visa Unit was replied to within 15 working days, for the last month for which figures are available; and what were the corresponding figures for each of the preceding 12 months. [56226] Mr. Fatchett: Statistics for the period October 1997 to September 1998 are given in the table. Letters from Members of Parliament _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Replies sent within: 15 days 20 days 25 days Work MPs letters Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. outstanding received over 25 days October 1997 1,055 399 33 n/a n/a n/a November 1997 1,318 261 27 n/a n/a n/a December 1997 507 207 31 n/a n/a n/a January 1998 943 202 31 269 41 350 54 n/a February 664 190 28 246 36 312 46 n/a March 1998 857 328 30 423 38 534 48 270 April 1998 708 416 45 492 53 603 65 128 May 1998 717 390 54 458 64 538 75 84 June 1998 881 515 57 624 69 725 80 91 July 1998 867 410 45 601 66 701 77 125 August 1998 936 382 42 522 58 622 69 142 September 1998 698 437 48 564 62 641 70 112 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

318 c148W; 56226

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Correspondence Immigration Members Standards Visas Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Contains statistics

Yes