Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 908852

Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence

Tabled: 21 April 2026
Answered: 27 April 2026
Named Day

Question

Adam Dance

Liberal DemocratYeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve his Department's response times to correspondence.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Department is clear that timely responses to correspondence are important. Recent delays have arisen from increased volumes and complexity of cases, including as customers move onto Universal Credit as part of our planned migration from legacy benefit...

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