Question follow-through · 10653
Special Advisers: By-elections
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Cabinet Office special adviser HR function holds on whether any special advisers have (a) been seconded or (b) taken unpaid leave to undertake political activity in Parliamentary by-election
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
- 17 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2026 · 7 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
17 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Cabinet Office special adviser HR function holds on whether any special advisers have (a) been seconded or (b) taken unpaid leave to undertake political activity in Parliamentary by-election
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2026
Answer published
As per the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers, where a special adviser wishes to undertake work for a political party which does not arise out of government business they may do this either in their own time, outside office hours, or under a separate co...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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