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>
<\/strong><\/p> Individual departments are responsible for maintaining their own performance records when new Ministers are appointed to the department.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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