Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Correspondence
(asked on 5th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) his Department, (b) himself and (c) his ministerial team have not yet received a substantive response in each month since August 2024.
Answered by
Catherine West
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The total number and proportion of parliamentarian correspondence received by the FCDO (including the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the ministerial team) each month since August 2024 that has not yet received a substantive response:
FCDO Ministerial Correspondence from Parliamentarians | Aug-24 | Sep-24 | Oct-24 | Nov-24 | Dec-24 | Jan-25 |
Total Volume Received | 381 | 691 | 796 | 468 | 465 | 501 |
Total Volume Not Yet responded to | 0 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 69 | *256 |
% of Total Not Yet Responded To | 0% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 15% | *51% |
**Please note that January total includes correspondence received up to and including 31st January 2025 |