Question follow-through · 14432
Lobbying: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance to departments and arm's length bodies on the use of public funds for public affairs, external affairs and lobbying activities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance to departments and arm's length bodies on the use of public funds for public affairs, external affairs and lobbying activities.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Cabinet Office has not issued specific additional guidance on the use of public funds for public affairs and lobbying activities. Section 4.1 of the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies states that it is an improper use of public funds f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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