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Department for Business and Trade: Correspondence

Asked by Andrew GriffithConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 21 November 2024UIN 14821

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many items of ministerial correspondence received by his Department have not received a reply within 14 days of receipt in the last three months.

Answered by Justin Madders

Ministers and the Department place great value on effective and timely handling of ministerial correspondence and keep performance of this under review.

The Cabinet Office publishes routine statistics on Departmental performance which can be find on GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers).

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