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date	27/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether it is their current practice not to show incoming Ministers the recent letters to their predecessors, in particular when these have not been sent replies; and whether they will review this matter.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL8833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence. It is current practice to show incoming Ministers letters when a response has not yet been issued.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individual departments are responsible for maintaining their own performance records when new Ministers are appointed to the department.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/07/2023 13:36:33 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1339593

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on Ministers devolving responsibility for answering hon. Members letters to officials.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	21147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>As outlined in the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/504396/Cabinet_Office_Guidance_on_correspondence_-_March_2016.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance for Handling Correspondence</a>’, correspondence to Ministers from hon. Members should be signed off at an appropriate equivalent ministerial level. Where an MP has written about the day-to-day operations of an Executive Agency or a Non-Departmental Public Body, the appropriate Chief Executive may reply.</p><p>Official replies to letters from MPs should only be authorised in some circumstances, for example, when dealing with a large volume of letters on the same issue which would lead to an improvement in departmental performance handling or that it has been decreed that under certain circumstances an official reply would be more appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 01/07/2021 16:51:54 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1237029

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many letters Government Ministers have (a) received from MPs and (b) replied to since 1 May 2020.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	94554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Each department is responsible for its correspondence.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 01/10/2020 15:42:56 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1228058

registered interest
date	27/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to ensure that ministerial replies, both oral and written, are fact checked to ensure accuracy.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>The Government always strives to give accurate and timely responses to both oral and written questions, with guidance on both set out in its Guide to Parliamentary Work.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 11/08/2020 11:02:38 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno