Question follow-through · 18759
Ministry of Justice: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how working hours were spent by civil servants in the Ministry of Justice undertaking agreed staff network leadership roles or carrying out agreed activity requested by the Department in the past six months, and
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jul 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how working hours were spent by civil servants in the Ministry of Justice undertaking agreed staff network leadership roles or carrying out agreed activity requested by the Department in the past six months, and
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jul 2026
Answer published
The information requested is not held centrally. Under the Ministry of Justice Staff Groups and Networks Policy 2026, staff network leaders may agree a time allocation, which should not generally exceed 10% of contracted hours (pro-rated).
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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