Question follow-through · 22451
Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the new Cabinet Secretary has recused himself from any policy areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the new Cabinet Secretary has recused himself from any policy areas.
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2025
Answer published
Any relevant outside interests for the new Cabinet Secretary will be published in the usual way.The Cabinet Secretary has previously recused himself from aspects related to Infected Blood issues and this remains the case in his current role.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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