Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has any plans to increase the number of replies within his Department's working day standard; and if he will make a statement.

The Department for Work and Pensions aims to reply to correspondence from hon. Members within 20 working days.

The Cabinet Office publishes information on the performance of Departments and agencies on handling correspondence from Members and peers annually by way of a written ministerial statement. The most recent information for 2013, was announced in the written ministerial statement made by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt. Hon. Frances Maude, Official Report, 13 May 2014, Column 17WS