Question follow-through · 90888
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Consultation and Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) consultations and (b) reviews conducted by her Department since 4 July 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 28 Nov 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) consultations and (b) reviews conducted by her Department since 4 July 2024.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2025
Answer published
DSIT undertakes a range of reviews, consultations, and wider public engagement to inform effective decision-making and delivery. These costs of these are not separately recorded in a way that would enable us to provide the estimate requested.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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