Question follow-through · 18632

Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2026, to Question 11721, on DFT: Departmental Responsibilities, what requirements departments have to produce internal Strategic Plans and what content should be included within

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
16 Jul 2026
Answer
3 Sept 2026 · 51 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2026, to Question 11721, on DFT: Departmental Responsibilities, what requirements departments have to produce internal Strategic Plans and what content should be included within

  2. 16 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Departments are required to produce Strategic Plans under the reforms to the spending control and accountability framework set out at Budget 2025. Central guidance for strategic plans asks departments to set out their outcomes, metrics, risks and strategi...

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