Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time to reply to correspondence from hon. Members was in each month since July 2024.

HM Treasury fully recognises the important role Parliament has in holding Government to account and the need for ministers to provide full and timely responses to requests for information.

HM Treasury does not track average response times but in line with Cabinet Office guidance, aims to respond to ministerial correspondence from parliamentarians within 20 working days. Correspondence performance data is published each year within HM Treasury’s Annual Report and Accounts. The last published annual report and accounts is the 2024-25 Report which noted that 52% of replies to parliamentarians were answered within the timeframe.

The 2025-26 Annual Report and Accounts is expected to be published before the parliamentary recess. However, in 2025 the Cabinet Office published correspondence performance which confirms that 40% of replies were answered within the same timeframe Data on responses to correspondence from MPs and peers, 2025 - GOV.UK