Question follow-through · 123217

Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 117761 on Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure, for what reason expenditure by the Prime Minister's Office is not counted as Cabinet Office expenditure.

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Cabinet Office
Tabled
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
26 Mar 2026
Answer
26 Mar 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 117761 on Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure, for what reason expenditure by the Prime Minister's Office is not counted as Cabinet Office expenditure.

  2. 26 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer to PQ 122164.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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