Senate Statistical Summary

General		2010 to date
Number of sitting days		3
Average length of a sitting day		8 hrs 58 mins
Longest sitting day		9 hrs 53 mins (4 February)
Shortest sitting day		7 hrs 12 mins (2 February)
Hours of sitting		26 hrs 54 mins
Business conducted in the Senate government business general business questions without notice urgency/MPI business of the Senate other adjournment debate		10 hrs 23 mins 9 hrs 53 mins 3 hrs 11 mins 1 hr 02 mins 0 hrs 10 mins 0 hrs 08 mins 2 hrs 07 mins







Questions placed on notice		109*
Questions without notice (including supplementary questions) Question time held on:		86 3 sitting days
		86 3 sitting days
Average daily number of questions without notice		28.7
Petitions presented		1
Signatories to petitions		5 935
Divisions		10
* Questions placed on notice from 3 December 2009 to 4 February 2010 (inclusive)
Legislation
Introduced in the Senate government bills private senators' bills		0 2


Received from the House of Representatives		4
Passed in the Senate		10
Bills negatived		0
Bills exempted from the 'cut-off'		0
Bills referred to committees		2

2010, to date

2009

Note: These figures do not include time spent on adjournment debates