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Public Consultation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, if he will provide the evidential basis for the statement that a recent pilot found 13

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 10 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 14 Apr 2026
Answer: 22 Apr 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, if he will provide the evidential basis for the statement that a recent pilot found 13
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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22 Apr 2026
Answer published
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