Department for Business and Trade: Written Questions

(asked on 9th December 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and (vii) November 2025.


Answered by
Kate Dearden Portrait
Kate Dearden
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 15th December 2025

The Procedure Committee actively monitor responses to Written Parliamentary Questions (PQs), holding departments to account on their performance. The Committee has an open inquiry analysing departments’ performance in responding to PQs during the 2024-25 Session and will produce its report in due course.

Below is a breakdown of our internal management data on PQs between May and November 2025. This data has not been quality assured by the Procedure Committee.

2025

Named Day

Ordinary

On time

Volume

Performance

On time

Volume

Performance

May

48

63

76%

162

182

89%

June

87

102

85%

218

254

86%

July

61

66

92%

197

208

95%

August

0

0

n/a

0

0

n/a

September

132

207

64%

28

65

43%

October

56

63

89%

280

291

96%

November

60

73

82%

266

282

94%

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