Question follow-through · 17775

Home Office: Members

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many MP surgeries have Ministers in her Department had with MPs (a) in the period July 2024 to January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
10 Jul 2026
Target answer date
16 Jul 2026
Answer
5 Aug 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many MP surgeries have Ministers in her Department had with MPs (a) in the period July 2024 to January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.

  2. 16 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Aug 2026

    Answer published

    Minister Jess Philips:a.) 1, b.) 5Minister Dame Diana Johnson:a.) 1, b.) 2Minister Seema Malhotra:a.) 1, b.) 3Minister Mike Tapp:a.) n/a, b.) 8Minister Dan Jarvis:a.) 0, b.) 1Minister Dame Angela Eagle:a.) 2, b.) 4Minister Natalie Fleet:a.) n/a, b.) 0Mini...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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