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Department for Work and Pensions: Disclosure of Information

Asked by Kirsty BlackmanScottish National PartyCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 23 January 2025UIN 24856

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22905 on State Retirement Pensions: Women and with reference to page 11 of his Department's guidance entitled Guide to Handling Correspondence, updated on 6 September 2024, whether the Department for Work and Pensions complies with reporting and data requests from his Department.

Answered by Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

The Department for Work and Pensions complies with correspondence reporting and data requests from the Cabinet Office. The data on responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers 2023 includes performance when responding to correspondence from members of devolved Parliaments and Assemblies. This information has not been separated out in this or previous reports. Correspondence performance data for 2024 will be published in due course.

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