questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what has been the average time taken to respond to public inquiries by his Department in each of the last five years; and whether he plans to introduce measures to improve this.
answerText: The FCDO attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence and endeavours to respond to all correspondence within Cabinet Office timeframes. However, we do not hold central records on average response times and this informat...
heading: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Inquiries