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<p>I understand that the unacceptably long delay in providing a response to the correspondence
in question was caused by administrative difficulties in transferring the response
between Government Departments. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) responded
to 95 per cent of all ministerial correspondence within its twenty-day deadline in
2013 and I am sorry that, in this instance, the response was not received as promptly
as it should have been. The letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire was recieved
by the FCO on 8 September and a response was sent to her on 30 September.</p>
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