Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's average reply time has been for ministerial letters in each of the last five months.
The Department for Education aims to respond to all ministerial correspondence within 18 days of receipt. Due to the increase in correspondence received since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the average reply time (in working days) for ministerial letters due during each month from April to August this year exceeds the 18-day target, as set out in the table below:
Month Due | Average Days to Respond |
April | 32 |
May | 36 |
June | 33 |
July | 45 |
August | 36 |