To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 to Question 110819, on Members: Correspondence, for what reason his Department has yet to respond to correspondence dated 23 November 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton; what his Department's target is for responding to correspondence from hon. Members; and in what proportion of cases that target is met.

We will answer the hon. Member’s correspondence of 23 November 2022 as soon as possible. The Department has a target of replying to correspondence from colleagues from both Houses of twenty working days. Performance against this target is reported on annually by the Cabinet Office. The latest available data can be found at the following link:

www.gov.uk/government/collections/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers.