Question follow-through · 107189
Royal Visits: Northern Ireland
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing prior public notice of visits by members of the Royal Family to Northern Ireland, in the context of practice in other parts of the UK.
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
- 20 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing prior public notice of visits by members of the Royal Family to Northern Ireland, in the context of practice in other parts of the UK.
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jan 2026
Answer published
As with all Royal visits across the UK, announcement timelines take into account a number of factors, including security advice.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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