Question follow-through · 120043

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Official Cars

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether officials in her Department are permitted to use Government Car Service cars.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
11 Mar 2026
Target answer date
16 Mar 2026
Answer
20 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether officials in her Department are permitted to use Government Car Service cars.

  2. 16 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    DCMS officials have a separate Travel and Subsistence policy, which does not include the use of the Government Car Service.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2026 to Question 120043 on Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Official Cars, whether she will provide a hyperlink to the Department’s Travel and Subsisten

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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Lanyards

8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each