Question reference: S6W-13049
- Date lodged: 9 December 2022
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Current status: Answered by George Adam on 5 January 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of responses to written correspondence from MSPs to the Scottish Government were issued within the stated timeframe of 20 working days.
Answer
The Scottish Government aims to answer all ministerial correspondence within 20 working days and regularly reviews and monitors its performance against this target.
Correspondence from MSPs; councillors; third sector organisations and other key stakeholders; or the wider public is not categorised separately, therefore, calculating the percentage of responses sent within 20 working days to MSPs specifically could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost. Between December 2021 and December 2022, the response rate for all ministerial correspondence was approximately 77% (of 43,091 items of ministerial correspondence, 33,173 were responded to within 20 working days).