Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what has been the average time taken to respond to public inquiries by her Department in each of the last five years; and whether she plans to introduce measures to improve this
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT; of which Government Office for Science is a part) is a relatively new department and as such has not responded to any Public Inquiries. It is however supporting and responding to requests from the current COVID-19 Public Inquiry.