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Department for Transport: Westminster Hall Sittings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to her Department of preparing Ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
13 Jul 2026
Answer
16 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to her Department of preparing Ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates.

  2. 13 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    It is not possible to provide an exact cost for preparing Ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates. There will be differences in the costs of Civil Service, Special Adviser and Ministerial time depending on the policy matter and length of the deba...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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