Question follow-through · 28961

Ministry of Justice: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) her and (c) her Ministers in each month since August 2024 have not yet received a substantive resp

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
10 Feb 2025
Answer
10 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 5 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) her and (c) her Ministers in each month since August 2024 have not yet received a substantive resp

  2. 10 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    For the months of August and September all correspondence from Parliamentarians have received a substantive response. The table below covers October-January. MonthOutstandingPercentageOctober61.5%November92.5%December5819.5%*January *Many of these cases r...

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