Question follow-through · 36633

China: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department's China Audit will be completed.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 10 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 12 Mar 2025
Answer: 17 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

10 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department's China Audit will be completed.
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2025
Answer published
The China Audit will conclude in spring 2025.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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