Question follow-through · 11580

10 Downing Street: Cats

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a cost to the public purse of the upkeep of cats at 10 Downing Street.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
29 Oct 2024
Target answer date
31 Oct 2024
Answer
6 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is a cost to the public purse of the upkeep of cats at 10 Downing Street.

  2. 31 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    There is no cost to the public purse.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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