Question follow-through · 14349
Public Appointments: Business Interests
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) direct ministerial appointments and (b) public appointments are required to declare interests.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 14 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) direct ministerial appointments and (b) public appointments are required to declare interests.
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2024
Answer published
Prospective appointees to both public appointment and direct ministerial appointment roles are required to make a declaration of any potential conflicts of interests with the role and activities they are being asked to undertake.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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