Question follow-through · 24243

Government Departments: Written Questions

To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18705 on Home Office: Equality, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of the time taken to respond to written parliamentary questions whe

answeredLeader of the House

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Leader of the House
Tabled
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
17 Jan 2025
Answer
23 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18705 on Home Office: Equality, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of the time taken to respond to written parliamentary questions whe

  2. 17 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    I have written to all Members of Cabinet to remind departments and Ministers about the importance of providing full and timely responses to parliamentary questions.The government's position regarding the relationship between the treatment of requests for ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Written Questions

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