Question follow-through · 12483

Government Departments: Communication

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the announcement on freeports in October 2024 at the Commonwealth visit, what processes are in place to coordinate policy announcements between Departments and the Prime Minister's office.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 4 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 11 Nov 2024
Answer: 13 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

4 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the announcement on freeports in October 2024 at the Commonwealth visit, what processes are in place to coordinate policy announcements between Departments and the Prime Minister's office.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Budget announced five custom sites within Freeports will be opening, meaning that there will now be eight operational Freeports. I will not comment on internal Government processes.

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