Question follow-through · 20480
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, p.56, what was the longest amount of time for an item of correspondence in 2025-26 to re
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, p.56, what was the longest amount of time for an item of correspondence in 2025-26 to re
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The longest amount of time an item of correspondence to receive a substantive reply in 2025-26 was 190 working days. The average amount of time for correspondence to receive a substantive reply in 2025-26 was 18 working days.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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