Question follow-through · 17482
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Westminster Hall Sittings
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to her Department of preparing Ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- 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
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to her Department of preparing Ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Comcast: ITV
10 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has held discussions with Comcast Corporation on the potential acquisition of ITV plc since 5 July 2024.