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Question follow-through · 20522

Civil Servants: Cheltenham

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of relocating civil servants working on cyber security and technology to be closer to the cyber industry in Cheltenham as part of the Places

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
18 Dec 2024
Answer
24 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of relocating civil servants working on cyber security and technology to be closer to the cyber industry in Cheltenham as part of the Places

  2. 18 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    We are working with departments on their future plans as part of the upcoming Spending Review.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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