Question follow-through · 1215

Special Advisers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will publish the list of special advisers before the summer recess.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
23 Jul 2024
Target answer date
25 Jul 2024
Answer
31 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will publish the list of special advisers before the summer recess.

  2. 25 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    Information on Special Adviser numbers and costs will be published in the Annual Report on Special Advisers as per the requirements of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, as was the case under the previous Administration.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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