Question follow-through · 25594
Department for Education: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps the Department has taken to reduce response times for correspondence from (a) the public and (b) Members raising constituency casework.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- 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 Education, what recent steps the Department has taken to reduce response times for correspondence from (a) the public and (b) Members raising constituency casework.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The department attaches great importance to the handling of correspondence from the public and parliamentarians. Correspondence often raises complex and serious concerns, and as a department, we aim to provide high-quality, timely and tailored responses t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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