Question follow-through · 2028

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions with civil service trade unions on the procurement of facilities management services.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
2 Sept 2024
Answer
6 Sept 2024 · 39 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions with civil service trade unions on the procurement of facilities management services.

  2. 2 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The Cabinet Office holds frequent discussions with Civil Service trade unions on a number of topics. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster held introductory meetings with the General Secretaries of the FDA, Prospect and PCS unions recently where they d...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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