Question follow-through · 70488

Common Purpose: Finance

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Cabinet Office has funded Common Purpose since 4 July 2024.

answeredWomen and Equalities

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Women and Equalities
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
9 Oct 2025 · 41 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Cabinet Office has funded Common Purpose since 4 July 2024.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Common Purpose was paid to provide a one-off day of team development for the Office of Equality and Opportunity in February 2025.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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