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Written Questions: Standards

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeLeader of the HouseTabled Answered 1 December 2025UIN 94277

The question

To ask the Leader of the House, how many and what proportion of Named Day written questions were answered (a) on time and (b) late (i) by Department and (ii) in total.

Answered by Sir Alan Campbell

The information requested is not held by the Government. Data on response times to written parliamentary questions (PQs) is published following the end of every session by the House of Commons Procedure Committee as part of their continued monitoring and reporting of departmental PQ performance.

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