Department for Work and Pensions: Written Questions

(asked on 17th February 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the methodology used by his Department to determine whether information requested through parliamentary written questions can only be provided at disproportionate cost.


Answered by
Mims Davies Portrait
Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 22nd February 2023

There is no formal methodology – each Written Parliamentary Question is judged on its own merits, including whether a response can reasonably be provided within the cost limit.

The department follows the guidance produced by the Cabinet Office in the following documents:

Guide to Parliamentary Work

2022-10-11 - Guide to Parliamentary Work (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Guidance on drafting answers to Parliamentary Questions:

drafting-pq-responses.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)

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