Question follow-through · 35522

Public Bodies: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that the new legal duty of candour established in response to Phase 2 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry will be applicable to past incidents.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
6 Mar 2025
Answer
10 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that the new legal duty of candour established in response to Phase 2 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry will be applicable to past incidents.

  2. 6 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government has committed to implement a ‘Hillsborough Law’ which will place a legal duty of candour on public servants and authorities. The details of this Bill will be announced in due course.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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