Question follow-through · 57926

Home Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing the Home Office.

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: 5 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 12 Jun 2025
Answer: 12 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

5 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing the Home Office.
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2025
Answer published
There are no plans of this kind.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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