Department for Education: Public Inquiries

(asked on 1st September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average time taken to respond to public inquiries by her Department was in each of the last five years; and whether she plans to introduce measures to improve response times.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 16th October 2023

By the nature of their work, inquiries deal with complex and often cross-cutting issues. It is important that the Government properly considers its response to such issues and ensures cross Departmental alignment. The Department has not issued a response to any public inquiry that has concluded within the last five years.

Public inquiries are an important mechanism to allow the Government to learn lessons for the future. The Department takes recommendations from public inquiries seriously and recognises the importance of taking time to thoroughly consider its response.

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