Question follow-through · 11154

Government Communication Service: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 5 June 2026, to Question 3763, on Government Communications Service: Staff, what is the timetable for the 2026 Data Collection to be completed.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
22 Jun 2026
Answer
29 Jun 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 5 June 2026, to Question 3763, on Government Communications Service: Staff, what is the timetable for the 2026 Data Collection to be completed.

  2. 22 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The data collection will take place in the summer of 2026.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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