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Written question asked by Rosie Cooper (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 November 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 December 2014 (named day). It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 1 December 2014 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Members

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason there is a 15-day turnaround period for her private office to respond to urgent requests from hon. Members for a meeting with her.

Answer

There is no fifteen day turnaround period when handling requests for meetings. Under normal circumstances, urgent requests from hon. Members for a meeting with the Secretary of State are dealt with in a timely manner.

In this instance, the hon. Member’s office contacted the Department’s National Helpline but was not put through to the Secretary of State’s Private Office.

Officials have apologised to the hon. Member’s office for this, and for the delay that resulted, and officials have assured me that it will not happen again.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
216224
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Members Meetings Department for Education
Link
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