Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what has been the average time taken to respond to public inquiries by her Department in each of the last five years; and whether she plans to introduce measures to improve this

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport works closely with public inquiries to ensure that we respond as fulsomely and helpfully as possible, in time frames that are agreed directly with the Inquiry itself. The department prioritises complying with the important work of statutory public inquiries.