Will the First Minister provide a breakdown of the number of written questions answered by the Welsh Government in 2022, in 2023, and in 2024 to date by each Member of the Senedd?
Records indicate the following:
|
WELSH LABOUR PARTY MEMBER |
NUMBER OF WQs 2022 |
NUMBER OF WQs 2023 |
NUMBER OF WQs 2024 |
TOTAL PER MEMBER |
|
Mick Antoniw* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hannah Blythyn* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Dawn Bowden* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Jane Bryant |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Hefin David |
6 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
|
Alun Davies |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Mark Drakeford* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Rebecca Evans* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Vaughan Gething* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
John Grifftiths |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Lesley Griffiths* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mike Hedges |
11 |
8 |
0 |
19 |
|
Vikki Howells |
3 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
|
Jane Hutt* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Huw Irranca-Davies |
17 |
40 |
6 |
63 |
|
Julie James* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Jeremy Miles* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Eluned Morgan* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Julie Morgan* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sarah Murphy |
17 |
16 |
1 |
34 |
|
Lynne Neagle* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Rhianon Passmore |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Jenny Rathbone |
3 |
12 |
3 |
18 |
|
David Rees* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Jack Sargeant |
12 |
15 |
4 |
31 |
|
Ken Skates |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Carolyn Thomas |
4 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
|
Lee Waters* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Joyce Watson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Buffy Williams |
9 |
17 |
9 |
35 |
|
TOTAL PER PARTY |
86 |
122 |
25 |
233 |
*Members of the Welsh Government, the Presiding Officer and Deputy Presiding Officer do not traditionally table questions.
|
WELSH CONSERVATIVE PARTY MEMBER |
NUMBER OF WQS 2022 |
NUMBER OF WQS 2023 |
NUMBER OF WQs 2024 |
TOTAL PER MEMBER |
|
Natasha Asghar |
113 |
56 |
18 |
187 |
|
Andrew RT Davies |
242 |
1270 |
1182 |
2694 |
|
Gareth Davies |
2 |
37 |
48 |
87 |
|
Paul Davies |
35 |
73 |
13 |
121 |
|
James Evans |
46 |
76 |
4 |
126 |
|
Janet Finch-Saunders |
138 |
268 |
79 |
485 |
|
Peter Fox |
39 |
45 |
7 |
91 |
|
Russell George |
49 |
131 |
40 |
220 |
|
Tom Giffard |
33 |
23 |
5 |
61 |
|
Altaf Hussain |
17 |
9 |
0 |
26 |
|
Mark Isherwood |
26 |
50 |
14 |
90 |
|
Joel James |
14 |
50 |
1 |
65 |
|
Laura Anne Jones |
85 |
140 |
3 |
228 |
|
Samuel Kurtz |
41 |
64 |
32 |
137 |
|
Darren Millar |
15 |
55 |
10 |
80 |
|
Sam Rowlands |
24 |
84 |
54 |
162 |
|
TOTAL PER PARTY |
919 |
2431 |
1510 |
4860 |
|
PLAID CYMRU MEMBER |
NUMBER OF WQS 2022 |
NUMBER OF WQS 2023 |
NUMBER OF WQs 2024 |
TOTAL PER MEMBER |
|
Rhys ab Owen |
44 |
218 |
101 |
363 |
|
Mabon ap Gwynfor |
29 |
29 |
4 |
62 |
|
Rhun ap Iorwerth |
31 |
16 |
3 |
50 |
|
Cefin Campbell |
11 |
28 |
7 |
46 |
|
Luke Fletcher |
8 |
26 |
20 |
54 |
|
Heledd Fychan |
21 |
29 |
11 |
61 |
|
Llyr Gruffydd |
0 |
25 |
6 |
31 |
|
Sian Gwenllian |
2 |
9 |
0 |
11 |
|
Delyth Jewell |
2 |
27 |
22 |
51 |
|
Elin Jones* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Peredur Owen Griffiths |
10 |
4 |
2 |
16 |
|
Adam Price |
8 |
106 |
11 |
125 |
|
Sioned Williams |
2 |
10 |
21 |
33 |
|
TOTAL PER PARTY |
168 |
527 |
208 |
903 |
|
WELSH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS MEMBER |
NUMBER OF WQS 2022 |
NUMBER OF WQS 2023 |
NUMBER OF WQS 2024 |
TOTAL PER MEMBER |
|
Jane Dodds |
20 |
68 |
8 |
96 |
|
TOTAL PER PARTY |
20 |
68 |
8 |
96 |
|
|
TOTAL WQs 2022 |
TOTAL WQs 2023 |
TOTAL WQs 2024 |
TOTAL |
|
TOTAL WQs ANSWERED BY WG |
1193 |
3148 |
1751** |
6092 |
|
**Written Questions answered until 22nd March |
|
Estimated average cost of answering WQs |
per answered WQ |
per month*** |
|
£112 |
£46,000 |
|
|
(£55 - £170) |
(£22000 - £69000) |
***based a 3 monthly average (November 2023 - January 2024) of 410 WQ per month