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Census: Costs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2025, to Question 99534, on Census: Costs, and the letter from the Permanent Secretary of 17 December 2025, whether there is a working estimate of the potential total cost o

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
8 Jan 2026
Answer
19 Jan 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2025, to Question 99534, on Census: Costs, and the letter from the Permanent Secretary of 17 December 2025, whether there is a working estimate of the potential total cost o

  2. 8 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 6th of January is attached.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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