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Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-26

Inquiry

Written questions (WPQs) allow MPs to ask for information on the work, policy and activities of Government departments, related bodies, and the administration of Parliament.

The cross-Whitehall performance standard is 85% for timely provision of written answers, where responses are deemed ‘on time’ for Ordinary Questions if they are provided within five working days of being tabled, and deemed ‘on time’ for Named Day questions if answers are provided by the specified date.

Since 2010, the Procedure Committee has been routinely engaged in the monitoring of Government responses to WPQs. The Committee is currently analysing departments’ performance in responding to WPQs during the 2024-25 Session, and will produce its report in due course.

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Past events

Monday 6 July 2026
2:30pm Private
3:00pm Public
Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-26 - Oral evidence 6 July 2026
3:00pm
  • Seema Malhotra MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific) at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • Aidan Liddle (Head of Parliamentary Office at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 17 June 2026
2:30pm Private
2:45pm Public
Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-26 - Oral evidence 17 June 2026
2:45pm
  • Josh MacAlister OBE MP (Minister for Children and Families at Department for Education)
  • Tony Foot (Chief Operating Officer and Director General of Strategy and Operations Group at Department for Education)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 4 June 2025
2:30pm Private
3:00pm Public
Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-26 - Oral evidence 4 June 2025
3:00pm
  • Rt Hon Steve Reed MP (Secretary of State at Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Rebecca Shrubsole (Director Ministerial, Growth and Resilience at Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 7 May 2025
2:30pm Private
3:00pm Public
Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-26 - Oral evidence 7 May 2025
3:00pm
  • Karin Smyth MP (Minister of State at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Tom Riordan CBE (Second Permanent Secretary at Department of Health and Social Care)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

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