Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2022 to Question 49740 on Members: Correspondence, what assessment she has made of the efficiency of transferring the responsibility for redacting detailed communications from a Government department to teams in MPs' offices.

The use of single letters to MPs covering multiple cases is a temporary measure, but an integral part enabling us to respond effectively to the record number of enquiries over the past two years.

Once the department has returned to meeting it’s 20-day service standard the use of these letters will cease.