Question follow-through · 47103
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the report by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights entitled Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of the United
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the report by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights entitled Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of the United
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2025
Answer published
Relevant departments are currently considering the Committee’s concluding observations in detail. The Government will give written responses to three priority areas that the Committee has identified for specific follow-up by 2027. The Government will resp...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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