Question follow-through · 86386

Government: Inquiries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department made of the potential impact of a legal duty to implement public enquiry recommendations on public trust in government.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
3 Nov 2025
Answer
7 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department made of the potential impact of a legal duty to implement public enquiry recommendations on public trust in government.

  2. 3 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Public inquiries are independent of Government and can make recommendations of their choosing. Government takes the recommendations of inquiries very seriously, and determines which recommendations it accepts. To ensure clarity and transparency of progres...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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