Question follow-through · 14674
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the average time taken to respond to hon. Members correspondence to her Department.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 22 Nov 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the average time taken to respond to hon. Members correspondence to her Department.
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Department attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence and keeps this under constant review. The Cabinet Office publishes statistics on Departmental performance which can be found on the gov.uk website and can be v...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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