Question follow-through · 119901

Lobbying: Finance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 114870 on Lobbying: Finance, whether grant funding has been approved where lobbying activity is expressly part of the purpose of the grant since July 2024.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
11 Mar 2026
Target answer date
16 Mar 2026
Answer
16 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 114870 on Lobbying: Finance, whether grant funding has been approved where lobbying activity is expressly part of the purpose of the grant since July 2024.

  2. 16 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The government grants register is published on GOV.UK. The latest publication, for 2023/24, makes no reference to lobbying under the purpose of any scheme listed.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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