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Written question asked by Lord Mendelsohn (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 July 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 July 2019. It was answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 July 2019 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Consultation

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many consultations the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has carried out in each of the last five years; and to how many of those it published a formal response within 12 weeks of the consultation closing.

Answer

The information requested can be found in the table below:

Year

Date

No. of Consultations

No. of consultations that respondent in 12 weeks

1

11.7.14 - 10.7.15

14

2

2

11.7.15 - 10.7.16

17

6

3

11.7.16 - 10.7.17

16

5

4

11.7.17 - 10.7.18

23

6

5

11.7.18 - 10.7.19

18

3

TOTAL

88

22

Responses to consultations often do not take the form of a simple and clear response, but are instead fed into wider documents and work e.g. policy documents, which often cannot be completed within the given 12 week period.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL17053
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Public consultation Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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