Cabinet Office: Correspondence and Written Questions

(asked on 28th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps their Department is taking to reduce the time taken to respond to (a) written parliamentary questions and (b) correspondence from Members of Parliament.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 1st November 2022

All departments have access to regular training led by the Parliamentary Capability Team through the Government Campus.

The Cabinet Office attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of Parliamentary Questions (PQs) and correspondence, and officials remain committed to providing the highest level of service. To complement the work of the Parliamentary Capability Team, the Cabinet Office also runs tailored training sessions for Cabinet Office staff specific to PQs and Correspondence to drive up the quality and timeliness of our responses. These sessions have been delivered 3 times since July.

Between the period of May to July inclusive, the Cabinet Office consistently answered over 90% of PQs on time each month, and an average of 86% of all ministerial correspondence on time over those 3 months.

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