Question follow-through · 82853

Department for Business and Trade: National Investigation Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many internal meetings his Department held on the National Investigation Service between January 2020 and December 2022.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
20 Oct 2025
Answer
23 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many internal meetings his Department held on the National Investigation Service between January 2020 and December 2022.

  2. 20 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Regular meetings are a routine way of conducting departmental business. These are not tracked and recorded, so this information is not held in a reportable form by the Department for Business and Trade.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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