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Cabinet Office: Correspondence

Commons · Question 9027 · Tabled 11 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 19 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Mike Wood

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to his Department's publication entitled Data on responses to correspondence from MPs and peers, 2025, of 28 May 2025, what assessment he has made of the reason for the decrease in the percentage of resp

Answer

Answered by Chris Ward, 19 Jun 2026

The Government recognises the importance of timely and accurate responses to correspondence. The Cabinet Office sets a maximum target deadline of 20 working days for departments and agencies to respond to correspondence, and it is the responsibility of ea...