Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2022 to Question 49608 on Members: Correspondence, whether her Department’s recovery plan for incremental improvements in service standards over the coming months for responding to MPs’ inquiries includes a date for the return to a 20-day service standard.

The department is working to resolve all outstanding correspondence as a priority and considering a number of options to ensure a return to the 20-day service standard. The department is refining plans and further updates will be provided to colleagues shortly.