Question follow-through · 98496
Department for Business and Trade: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) Au
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) Au
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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15 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Procedure Committee actively monitor responses to Written Parliamentary Questions (PQs), holding departments to account on their performance. The Committee has an open inquiry analysing departments’ performance in responding to PQs during the 2024-25 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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