Will the First Minister provide an estimated cost to the Welsh Government of answering a written question?
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