Question follow-through · 41606

Public Bodies: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timetable is to establish a duty of candour for public servants.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
28 Mar 2025
Answer
8 Apr 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timetable is to establish a duty of candour for public servants.

  2. 28 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Government remains 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.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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