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<p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of
correspondence. As per the Cabinet Office’s Guide to Handling Correspondence on gov.uk,
departments and agencies should aim to respond to correspondence within a 20-working
day target deadline.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>While each Department is responsible
for managing their own timeliness in responding to correspondence, the Cabinet Office,
as owners of the Guide to Handling Correspondence, regularly engages with correspondence
officials in Government Departments to discuss and review performance and issues that
may be impacting performance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>With regards to timeliness
of responses to enquiries received by members, the Cabinet Office published data on
this for 2022 for all government departments on GOV.UK in March 2023, and will be
publishing data for Q1 and Q2 2023 shortly. The 2022 data can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022
</a></p><p> </p><p>Government Ministers are expected to respond quickly and effectively
to Members’ correspondence and I will continue to drive that message. Every effort
must be made to reply to correspondence promptly and within the original deadline.</p><p>
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