Question follow-through · 106673

Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to respond to the Freedom of Information Act request by the hon. Member for Newton Abbot on records of meetings between Boris Johnson and Peter Thiel.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
21 Jan 2026
Answer
21 Jan 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to respond to the Freedom of Information Act request by the hon. Member for Newton Abbot on records of meetings between Boris Johnson and Peter Thiel.

  2. 21 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Cabinet Office responded to the Hon. Member’s request on 8 January 2026, within the statutory time limit.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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