Question follow-through · 1176
Department for Work and Pensions: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 16 January 2026 to Question 98104 on DWP: Public Appointments, whether any of those appointments made declarations of political activity.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2026
- Answer
- 19 May 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 16 January 2026 to Question 98104 on DWP: Public Appointments, whether any of those appointments made declarations of political activity.
19 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2026
Answer published
Of the ten Direct Ministerial Appointments, four made declarations of political activity.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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