Question follow-through · 62197

Information Commissioner's Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who his Department consulted at Cheshire East Council before approving the decision to move the Information Commissioner's Office from Wilmslow to Manchester.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
26 Jun 2025
Answer
2 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who his Department consulted at Cheshire East Council before approving the decision to move the Information Commissioner's Office from Wilmslow to Manchester.

  2. 26 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    Cabinet Office approval for this property transaction comes under National Property Controls in the Office of Government Property. The value threshold meant that approval was taken at official level. The decision to move was made by the Information Commis...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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