Question follow-through · 3116

Public Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 1370 on Public Finances, if she will publish assumptions made by the Government's (a) special advisers and (b) Ministers used as the basis for financial estimates o

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
4 Sept 2024
Answer
4 Sept 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 1370 on Public Finances, if she will publish assumptions made by the Government's (a) special advisers and (b) Ministers used as the basis for financial estimates o

  2. 4 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    On 29th July, the Chancellor set out the £21.9bn pressure on departmental budgets in the 2024-25 financial year. This was accompanied by the ‘Fixing the Foundations’ paper you refer to, which sets out the detail of the pressures on the public finances tha...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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3 Sept 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the post of Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement was advertised openly.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Treasury: Recruitment

3 Sept 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a job evaluation for senior posts was conducted for the role of Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Treasury: Senior Civil Servants

3 Sept 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many and (b) of which grades staff are line managed by the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Treasury: Senior Civil Servants

4 Sept 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the (a) names and (b) job titles of all senior civil service jobs in her Department at director level and above (i) offered and (ii) appointed since 30 May 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Treasury: Civil Servants

4 Sept 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the (a) names and (b) job titles of all senior civil service jobs in her Department at Deputy Director level and above (i) offered and (ii) appointed since 30 May 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Treasury: Recruitment

4 Sept 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish a list of appointments to her Department made by exception since 30 May 2024, by grade.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Treasury: Special Advisers

4 Sept 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many special advisers have been appointed in her Department since 4 July 2024; and how many appointments there have been to the Council of Economic Advisers since that date.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ian Corfield

5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the exceptional appointment form for Ian Corfield that was submitted to the Civil Service Commission.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ian Corfield

5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Ian Corfield's involvement with the Labour Party was declared to the Civil Service Commission before its approval of his appointment to the Civil Service.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ian Corfield

5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her donation from Ian Corfield was declared to the Cabinet Office prior to his appointment as a Director in her Department.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ian Corfield

5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her donation from Ian Corfield was declared to the Permanent Secretary of her Department within 14 days of her appointment.