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Government Departments: Correspondence

Asked by Navendu MishraLabourCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 16 June 2026UIN 7574

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2026 to Question 491 on Government Departments: Correspondence, what steps he is taking to ensure that written correspondence from Members of Parliament receives a response from

Answered by Chris Ward

Government departments and ministers are individually responsible for ensuring that their correspondence handling is in line with the Guide to Handling Correspondence.

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