Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time was for Ministers of his Department to respond to correspondence from hon. Members in each month in the last two years.
This information is not held in the format requested. In line with Cabinet Office guidance, the Ministry of Defence has a target of responding within 20 working days where a response is required. We also ensure that urgent cases raised by hon. Members are prioritised and take steps to provide substantive responses in as short a time as possible. All correspondence received from hon. Members is reviewed and responded to as soon as possible. Statistics for each month since May 2018 are included in the table below:
Date | Pieces of correspondence from Parliamentarians due for response | Response sent on time |
May 2018 | 190 | 183 |
June 2018 | 208 | 203 |
July 2018 | 248 | 246 |
August 2018 | 218 | 214 |
September 2018 | 169 | 166 |
October 2018 | 164 | 161 |
November 2018 | 202 | 201 |
December 2018 | 204 | 200 |
January 2019 | 176 | 176 |
February 2019 | 180 | 180 |
March 2019 | 184 | 183 |
April 2019 | 239 | 236 |
May 2019 | 200 | 199 |
June 2019 | 203 | 202 |
July 2019 | 233 | 233 |
August 2019 | 205 | 200 |
September 2019 | 172 | 169 |
October 2019 | 195 | 192 |
November 2019 | 212 | 207 |
December 2019 | 72 | 67 |
January 2020 | 44 | 43 |
February 2020 | 183 | 178 |
March 2020 | 216 | 204 |
April 2020 | 190 | 167 |
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Total | 4,507 | 4,410 |