Due to the Covid pandemic, the Scottish Government have received a significant increase in correspondence. The following table outlines information as at 1 February 2021: Month Average working days taken to respond to MSPs February 2020 21 March 2020 27 April 2020 27 May 2020 27 June 2020 22 July 2020 24 August 2020 23 September 2020 27 October 2020 28 November 2020 22 December 2020 18 January 2021 12 *taken from MiCase, SG Corporate Correspondence system S5W-34786