Department for Business and Trade written question – answered at on 15 December 2025.
Dr Caroline Johnson
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and (vii) November 2025.
Kate Dearden
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Procedure Committee actively monitor responses to Written Parliamentary Questions (PQs), holding departments to account on their performance. The Committee has an open inquiry analysing departments’ performance in responding to PQs during the 2024-25 Session and will produce its report in due course.
Below is a breakdown of our internal management data on PQs between May and November 2025. This data has not been quality assured by the Procedure Committee.
2025 | Named Day | Ordinary | ||||
On time | Volume | Performance | On time | Volume | Performance | |
May | 48 | 63 | 76% | 162 | 182 | 89% |
June | 87 | 102 | 85% | 218 | 254 | 86% |
July | 61 | 66 | 92% | 197 | 208 | 95% |
August | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0 | 0 | n/a |
September | 132 | 207 | 64% | 28 | 65 | 43% |
October | 56 | 63 | 89% | 280 | 291 | 96% |
November | 60 | 73 | 82% | 266 | 282 | 94% |
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