Question follow-through · 1283
Public Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions she had transition talks with officials in her Department in the last Parliament; and whether she had discussions on economic forecasts pertaining to the public finances.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 23 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 29 Jul 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions she had transition talks with officials in her Department in the last Parliament; and whether she had discussions on economic forecasts pertaining to the public finances.
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
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29 Jul 2024
Answer published
The process for access talks is set out in the Cabinet Manual. Access talks are initiated with permission from the Prime Minister of the day and are confidential. It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken pl...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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