Correspondence
(asked on 17th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has any plans to increase the number of replies within his Department's working day standard; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 2nd September 2014
The Department is strongly committed to replying to correspondence within its 18 working day target. In 2013, the Department responded to nearly 50,000 items of correspondence from hon. Members, peers and members of the public, 98% of which were answered within 18 working days.