Question follow-through · 14311

Special Advisers: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the paragraph 36 of the policy paper entitled Next steps to make work pay, published on 8 November 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Government’s proposals to c

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
19 Nov 2024
Answer
19 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the paragraph 36 of the policy paper entitled Next steps to make work pay, published on 8 November 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Government’s proposals to c

  2. 19 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Cabinet Office will consider the impact of changes to employment legislation on relevant special adviser terms and conditions.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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