Question follow-through · 14360
Cabinet Office: Staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the budget of Policy Lab in 2025-26; what is its current headcount staff; and if she will make it her policy to undertake a value for money assessment of Policy Lab.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2026 · 78 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the budget of Policy Lab in 2025-26; what is its current headcount staff; and if she will make it her policy to undertake a value for money assessment of Policy Lab.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2026
Answer published
Policy Lab does not have a budget. Its headcount is 26 people. Projects will continue to be assessed for value for money and positive impact for the public.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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