Question follow-through · 15357

Royal Family: Finance

To ask the Leader of the House, whether he plans to take steps to improve parliamentary scrutiny of the public finances of the Royal Family.

answeredChris LawLeader of the House

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Leader of the House
Tabled
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
6 Jul 2026
Answer
9 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Leader of the House, whether he plans to take steps to improve parliamentary scrutiny of the public finances of the Royal Family.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Oversight and accountability arrangements for royal finance matters have been set by Parliament in legislation. The provisions in the Sovereign Grant Act 2011 subject the funding for the Monarch’s official duties to the same audit scrutiny as other govern...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

No later same-department questions indexed.

This is an absence in covered public data, not evidence that no follow-up occurred elsewhere.