Question follow-through · 2628
Government Departments: Communication and Public Consultation
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 9 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, what the estimated cost was of government (a) consultancy and (b) com
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 30 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2024 · 41 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 9 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, what the estimated cost was of government (a) consultancy and (b) com
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2024
Answer published
Departments set out their spend on consultants in their Annual Reports and Accounts (ARAs). Details of all communications activity expenditure for departments is not held centrally.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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