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<p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of
Written Parliamentary Questions.</p><p>There are three types of Written Parliamentary
Question. The Cabinet Office's Guide to Parliamentary Work sets out the timelines
departments should seek to meet. This can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1116933/2022-10-11_-_Guide_to_Parliamentary_Work___1_.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1116933/2022-10-11_-_Guide_to_Parliamentary_Work___1_.pdf</a></p><p>Departmental
performance on Written Parliamentary Questions is publishedat the end of each session
by the Procedure Committee and is therefore publicly available. You can find details
of the last session's PQ performance here:</p><p><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmproced/385/report.html"
target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmproced/385/report.html</a></p><p>This
year's data will be published by the Procedure Committee when the session concludes.Every
effort is made to reply to Written Parliamentary Questions withinthe original deadline.
However, if the matters raised in the question require substantial investigation,
it might not be possible to provide a substantive reply to a case within the departmental
deadline.</p>
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