Question follow-through · 48560
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 8 April 2025, to Question 43946, on Alex Chisholm, what steps have been taken to address the staffing issues, and what impact has this had on the processing time of Business Appointment
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 May 2025
- Answer
- 1 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 8 April 2025, to Question 43946, on Alex Chisholm, what steps have been taken to address the staffing issues, and what impact has this had on the processing time of Business Appointment
1 May 2025
Target answer date
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1 May 2025
Answer published
The Cabinet Office, as the sponsoring department of ACoBA, has supported the Committee’s secretariat to recruit the additional staff it required to ensure it is fully resourced to deliver its core functions to agreed timescales.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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