Question follow-through · 491
Government Departments: Correspondence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is accepted practice for department officials to provide a response to correspondence from Members of Parliament, rather than a relevant departmental Minister.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is accepted practice for department officials to provide a response to correspondence from Members of Parliament, rather than a relevant departmental Minister.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Guide to Handling Correspondence outlines that written correspondence from Parliamenterians should receive a response from a government minister.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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