Question follow-through · 17471
Government Departments: Westminster Hall Sittings
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the cost of preparing Ministers for Westminster Hall Debates across all government departments.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the cost of preparing Ministers for Westminster Hall Debates across all government departments.
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Cabinet Office does not hold this information.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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