Question follow-through · 117971

Palantir: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 111950, whether his Department plans to classify Palantir Technologies as a strategic supplier.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 4 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 9 Mar 2026
Answer: 18 Mar 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 111950, whether his Department plans to classify Palantir Technologies as a strategic supplier.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2026
Answer published
Strategic suppliers are selected based on the scale, scope and criticality of the services they provide, and are overseen centrally to observe their performance in the delivery of public services. Palantir is not a strategic supplier to government and the...

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