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Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UIN 28947, tabled on 5 February 2025

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson
Conservative
Sleaford and North Hykeham
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) her and (c) her Ministers in each month since August 2024 have not yet received a substantive response.

Answer

Alex Norris
Labour
Nottingham North and Kimberley
Commons

Answered on

11 February 2025

Since August 2024, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has received 3493 pieces of correspondence from Parliamentarians. The table below shows the number of items received by month (August 2024 – February 2025) that have not yet received a substantive response, and the proportion this represents of the total number of cases responded to, by month. The majority of cases from January – February are not yet due.

Aug-24

Sept-24

Oct-24

Nov-24

Dec-24

Jan-25

Feb-25*

Total

Total

0

7

10

22

117

399

82

637

Proportion

0%

1%

1.5%

3.5%

22%

60%

100%

18%

* February data is captured up until 6th February 2025

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