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Ministers: Meetings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance was in use in 2019 on keeping written records of meetings between Ministers and external stakeholders.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
15 Sept 2025
Answer
7 Oct 2025 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance was in use in 2019 on keeping written records of meetings between Ministers and external stakeholders.

  2. 15 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Guidance for the Management of Private Office Information and Records is published on www.gov.uk. The guidance was last updated in December 2023. Previous versions are available on the website of The National Archives.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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