Question follow-through · 64462

Ministerial Statements

To ask the Leader of the House, if she will make an estimate of the number of Government announcements which were made in the House of Commons prior to a Ministerial announcement in the media since July 2024.

answeredLeader of the House

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Answering body
Leader of the House
Tabled
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
4 Jul 2025
Answer
9 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Leader of the House, if she will make an estimate of the number of Government announcements which were made in the House of Commons prior to a Ministerial announcement in the media since July 2024.

  2. 4 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Ministerial Code is clear, when Parliament is in session the most important announcements of Government policy should be made in the first instance to Parliament. This is an important principle that the government stands by.As of 9th July 2025 there h...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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