Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's latest internal guidance for officials on the drafting of answers to parliamentary questions.

A copy of the Department’s internal guidance will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

The Office of the Leader of the House also provides guidance to all Departments on the practice of answering Parliamentary Questions.

The full Guide is available on the gov.uk website at: http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work.

A copy of this guidance has already been placed in the libraries of the House. The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons intends to review the Guide to Parliamentary Work in the coming months.