Question follow-through · 72614

History: Publications

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of resuming the Official History Programme.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
4 Sept 2025 · 6 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 the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of resuming the Official History Programme.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Government will consider resumption of the Official History Programme when circumstances allow.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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