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1144098

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Ministers: Correspondence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the protocol governing the timeliness and appropriateness of ministerial responses to communications from parliamentarians.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL17586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence and written questions. The right of parliamentarians to take up issues directly with the Government is an important part of the democratic process and underlines the accountability of Ministers to Parliament. Each government department has their own protocol on the timelines for correspondence responses to be sent out, and parliamentarians should contact departments if they feel that responses they receive are not timely or effective. My private office is in regular contact with the private offices of my front bench team to ensure that the Lords front bench's correspondence to parliamentarians is answered promptly and effectively.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 26/09/2019 12:37:10 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

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

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

1648367

	registered interest
	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

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

1237738

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Correspondence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 23 September (HL Deb, col 1834), to (1) send a copy of the Minister's letter to the World Health Organization to the Members who participated in the oral question asked by the Bishop of St Albans on 23 September, and (2) place a copy of that letter in the Library of the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL8436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>We consult and exchange correspondence with a wide range of international organisations, including the World Health Organisation, on the basis of confidentiality. In order to maintain working relationships with these organisations, we do not publish such correspondence.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/10/2020 15:53:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1316978

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Ministers: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the correspondence since March 2020 between the Minister for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health and the (a) Ombudsman and (b) Chair of the Parliament and Health Service Ombudsman on the use of the severity of injustice scale.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	5205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2021 answer text <p>A search of the Department’s correspondence database has shown there are two relevant letters, which are attached.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries attachment 1 file name 20210414 Rob Behrens to the Minister Nadine Dorries.pdf title 20210414 Rob Behrens to Minister Nadine Dorries 2 file name 260421 - MS(PSM) to Rob Behrens, PHSO.docx title 20210426 MS(PSM) to Rob Behrens question first answered 03/06/2021 09:40:28 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1311616

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Ministers: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the average length of time his Department has taken to respond to ministerial correspondence in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	185889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>We have made no specific assessment.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/04/2021 10:29:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis