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Department for Transport: Correspondence

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 10 February 2025UIN 28592

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) herself and (c) her ministerial team have not received a substantive response in each month since August 2024.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The information requested is in the table below. Please note that some correspondence received in January will not be due for reply until February and so that month has been excluded.

Month

Number of Cases

Number Closed

Number still Open

% Still Open

August

383

382

1

0.2%

September

343

338

5

1.5%

October

402

398

4

1%

November

385

366

19

5%

December

382

337

45

12%

Total

1895

1821

74

4%

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