Question follow-through · 109249
Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the time taken to respond to casework queries from Members of Parliament.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 23 Feb 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the time taken to respond to casework queries from Members of Parliament.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Department recognises that the recent increase in the volume of MP enquiries, alongside a rise in the complexity of cases requiring more detailed investigation, has contributed to delays in meeting our standard response timescales.To address this, the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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