Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department estimates the cost of answering Parliamentary Questions.

There is no formal methodology – each Written Parliamentary Question is judged on its own merits, including whether a response can reasonably be provided within the cost limit.

The department follows the guidance produced by the Cabinet Office in the following documents:

Guide to Parliamentary Work

2022-10-11 - Guide to Parliamentary Work (publishing.service.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)

Guidance on drafting answers to Parliamentary Questions:

drafting-pq-responses.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)