Question follow-through · 16802

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how their Department defines strategy.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
28 Nov 2024
Target answer date
2 Dec 2024
Answer
5 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how their Department defines strategy.

  2. 2 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The definition is detailed in the Functional Standards Common Glossary, which is published on the GOV.UK website.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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