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1657033

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps they are taking to reduce backlogs of Member correspondence in their office.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department takes a number of measures to maintain good performance and improve further. These include:</p><p> </p><p>Regular monitoring and reporting on open letters, automatic reminders and follow ups sent to drafters, Monthly meetings with Correspondence Champions to discuss performance and identify issues and potential solutions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2023 08:56:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657054

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data their Department holds on the average response time to enquiries by Members; and what assessment they have made of the adequacy of that response time.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>Since the start of the 2022/23 Parliamentary Year to September 2023 the Department has answered 87% of correspondence from Members within the cross government target of 20 working days. This works out about 12.4 days per letter on average.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2023 08:58:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1612595

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from Lord Berkeley to the former Secretary of State for Transport on 16 August 2022 regarding geotechnical risks relating to HS2, why they took eight months to respond to that letter; and what steps they will take to respond in a more timely manner to future correspondence.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL7269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to your previous correspondence. An interim response was sent to you whilst answers were sought to the technical points raised in your correspondence. The Department will ensure that future correspondence will be responded to promptly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 04/05/2023 12:49:48 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1418051

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's average response time was to an enquiry from a hon. Member to the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	114679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from MPs, either directly or on behalf of their constituents.</p><p>The Department for Transport does not have either an MPs hotline or an account management team.</p><p>The DVLA does provide a service where MPs can call for an update on cases. Response times are not recorded for this line.</p><p>Data on the timeliness of responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers for 2019 and 2020 is published on Gov.uk here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers</a> Data for 2021 will be published by the Cabinet Office in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/02/2022 11:39:36 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1343549

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many items of written correspondence from hon. Members sent to Ministers in his Department have been (a) received and (b) replied to since 1 April 2020; and how many of those responses were responded to by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	27027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the great importance of the effective and timely handling of correspondence.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is currently compiling data on the timeliness of responses to Hon. and Rt Hon. members from Government Departments and Agencies. This data will be released, and made available to Members, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/07/2021 13:56:26 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1197450

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average length of time was for Ministers of his Department to respond to correspondence from hon. Members in each month in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	49741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>In line with Cabinet Office guidance, the Department for Transport has a target of responding within 20 working days where a response is required. In September 2019 the Department adopted its own internal target of 7 Working days.</p><p> </p><p>As you will understand, the Department for Transport is currently dealing with unprecedented volumes of correspondence due to COVID-19. The Department ensures that urgent cases raised by hon. Members are prioritised, and is taking steps to provide substantive responses in as short a time as possible.</p><p>All correspondence received from hon. Members is being reviewed and will be responded to as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>A table showing the average number of days taken to respond to correspondence from Hon. Members is below. Please note, in some cases Ministers had not been appointed to the Department at the time the correspondence was received, however they signed the final reply, leading to some delay due to the handover from previous ministers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong><em>Average Number of Days to Respond - All Ministers by Month</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>17.32</p></td><td><p>Jan-19</p></td><td><p>32.06</p></td><td><p>Jan-20</p></td><td><p>10.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>17.50</p></td><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>14.66</p></td><td><p>Feb-20</p></td><td><p>8.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>15.66</p></td><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>31.23</p></td><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>13.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>18.99</p></td><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>31.70</p></td><td><p>Apr-20</p></td><td><p>8.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>20.31</p></td><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>30.27</p></td><td><p>May-20</p></td><td><p>4.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>20.48</p></td><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>24.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>21.55</p></td><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>15.22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>30.81</p></td><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p>13.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>52.62</p></td><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p>7.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>49.76</p></td><td><p>Oct-19</p></td><td><p>6.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>38.60</p></td><td><p>Nov-19</p></td><td><p>6.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>36.34</p></td><td><p>Dec-19</p></td><td><p>10.10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/06/2020 15:35:50 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

724563

registered interest
date	26/04/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to Answer representations to him by representatives from Newton made on 13 March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bolsover
tabling member printed	Mr Dennis Skinner
uin	72008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
tabling member	325 label Biography information for Mr Dennis Skinner