Question follow-through · 55002

Maladministration: Compensation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on consistency across Government in the treatment of people affected by (a) current and (b) historical maladministration .

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
30 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
10 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on consistency across Government in the treatment of people affected by (a) current and (b) historical maladministration .

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Although schemes to redress the treatment of people affected by maladministration (for instance: Windrush, Post Office, Infected Blood) have department leads, the government's response is always made through a process of collective agreement, via write-ro...

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