Question follow-through · 41110
Government Departments: Political Activities
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 29029 on FCDO: Speeches, what guidance his Department has issued on whether substantive and scripted Ministerial speeches in government buildings which are
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 9 Apr 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 29029 on FCDO: Speeches, what guidance his Department has issued on whether substantive and scripted Ministerial speeches in government buildings which are
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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9 Apr 2025
Answer published
As outlined in the Ministerial Code, Government property should not generally be used for work that is in its essential nature about constituency or party political activities. The Permanent Secretary at the FCDO has explained that the essential nature of...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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