Question follow-through · 42818

Government Departments: Public Opinion

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he has issued on efficiency savings through reducing spending on public opinion research.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
2 Apr 2025
Answer
6 May 2025 · 36 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he has issued on efficiency savings through reducing spending on public opinion research.

  2. 2 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Prime Minister has set out his ambition to deliver long-term, impactful changes to reshape the British state and the Government is taking forward a number of measures to deliver greater efficiency and transformation in the Civil Service. The Governmen...

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