Question follow-through · 116497

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2025 to Question 92580, how many of the 39 business cases were approved without conditions.

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 27 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 3 Mar 2026
Answer: 10 Mar 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

27 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2025 to Question 92580, how many of the 39 business cases were approved without conditions.
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2026
Answer published
Of the 39 business cases, one business case was approved without being subject to conditions. This is not unusual for significant levels of spending.

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