Question follow-through · 89488

Ministers: Codes of Practice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will publicly state whether breaches of the Ministerial Code are deemed to be serious.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
13 Nov 2025
Answer
19 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will publicly state whether breaches of the Ministerial Code are deemed to be serious.

  2. 13 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    This Government has strengthened the Ministerial Code. The Prime Minister seeks advice from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards where the Ministerial Code may have been engaged.

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