Question follow-through · 83323

Cabinet Office: Catering

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of tableware and crockery used in his Derpartment is made by a British manufacturer.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
22 Oct 2025
Answer
28 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of tableware and crockery used in his Derpartment is made by a British manufacturer.

  2. 22 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Cabinet Office does not hold information regarding this, and it would incur disproportionate costs to gather this information. The Government is committed to supporting British businesses and ensuring they have the best chance to win public contracts....

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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