Question follow-through · 2062

Cabinet Manual

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to issue a revised Cabinet Manual in 2024.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 29 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2024
Answer: 11 Sept 2024 · 44 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

29 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to issue a revised Cabinet Manual in 2024.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Government is aware of the function of the Cabinet Manual and we will keep this under review.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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