Question follow-through · 16936
Conflict of Interests
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office's definition of a ban on engagement includes (a) social contact, (b) party political contact or (d) electronic contact via non-corporate communication devices.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 62 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Office's definition of a ban on engagement includes (a) social contact, (b) party political contact or (d) electronic contact via non-corporate communication devices.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
As announced in the Protecting What Matters publication on 9 March, the Home Office is currently updating and embedding the Government’s principles of engagement from 2024.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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