Written question asked by Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 20 January 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 January 2025 (named day). It was answered by Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour) on Thursday, 23 January 2025 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Government Departments: Correspondence

Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Guide to Handling Correspondence, updated on 6 September 2024, and with reference to his Department's transparency data entitled Data on responses to correspondence from MPs and peers, 2023, updated on 23 May 2024, whether his Department (a) produces and (b) publishes correspondence performance data on responses to correspondence from Members of devolved (i) Parliaments and (ii) Assemblies.

Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions complies with correspondence reporting and data requests from the Cabinet Office. The data on responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers 2023 includes performance when responding to correspondence from members of devolved Parliaments and Assemblies. This information has not been separated out in this or previous reports. Correspondence performance data for 2024 will be published in due course.

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