Question follow-through · 8358
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide a list of time taken by government Departments to respond to correspondence from hon. Members from quickest to slowest.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide a list of time taken by government Departments to respond to correspondence from hon. Members from quickest to slowest.
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government publishes data on responses to correspondence from Members of Parliament and Peers against the 20 working day target annually, available here. This data is broken down by department.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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