Departments: Correspondence

Bob Spink
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance her Department follows on the maximum time taken to respond to hon. Members' correspondence; and what performance against that target was in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Mr. Dhanda
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 22 October 2007, Official Report, column 45W.