Question follow-through · 14113
Department for Transport: Public Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has undertaken any review of whether expenditure by its arm's length bodies on external affairs and public affairs complies with Cabinet Office guidance on lobbying using public funds sin
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has undertaken any review of whether expenditure by its arm's length bodies on external affairs and public affairs complies with Cabinet Office guidance on lobbying using public funds sin
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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6 Jul 2026
Answer published
Accounting Officers of DfT public bodies are bound by Managing Public Money and Cabinet Office guidance. Section 4.1 of the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies also states, 'it will always be an improper use of public funds for public bodie...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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