Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Correspondence
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) her and (c) her Ministers in each month since August 2024 have not yet received a substantive response.
Answered by Alex Norris
Since August 2024, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has received 3493 pieces of correspondence from Parliamentarians. The table below shows the number of items received by month (August 2024 – February 2025) that have not yet received a substantive response, and the proportion this represents of the total number of cases responded to, by month. The majority of cases from January – February are not yet due.
| Aug-24 | Sept-24 | Oct-24 | Nov-24 | Dec-24 | Jan-25 | Feb-25* | Total |
Total | 0 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 117 | 399 | 82 | 637 |
Proportion | 0% | 1% | 1.5% | 3.5% | 22% | 60% | 100% | 18% |
* February data is captured up until 6th February 2025
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