{"value":{"id":1648367,"askingMemberId":2018,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-06-27T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-07-11T00:00:00","uin":"HL8833","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government whether it is their current practice not to show incoming Ministers the recent letters to their predecessors, in particular when these have not been sent replies; and whether they will review this matter.","answeringBodyId":53,"answeringBodyName":"Cabinet Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4284,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-07-11T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence. It is current practice to show incoming Ministers letters when a response has not yet been issued.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individual departments are responsible for maintaining their own performance records when new Ministers are appointed to the department.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Ministers: Correspondence","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1648367","method":"GET"}]}