Question follow-through · 9356

Department for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) her officials have held with external stakeholders since 5 July 2024

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
17 Oct 2024
Answer
23 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) her officials have held with external stakeholders since 5 July 2024

  2. 17 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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