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Cabinet Office: Written Questions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, When he will answer Question 119975, tabled on 11 March 2026, on Prime Minister: Correspondence.

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 24 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 26 Mar 2026
Answer: 29 Apr 2026 · 36 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, When he will answer Question 119975, tabled on 11 March 2026, on Prime Minister: Correspondence.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
It has not proved possible to respond to the Rt Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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