Question follow-through · 19357
Quadrature Capital
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Accounting Officer and Permanent Secretary has taken since July 2024 to prevent conflicts of interest regarding Quadrature.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 53 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Accounting Officer and Permanent Secretary has taken since July 2024 to prevent conflicts of interest regarding Quadrature.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
DESNZ does not have any contract or direct relation with Quadrature. The department does however work with organisations that have previously received funding from the separate legal entity, Quadrature Climate Foundation (QCF), and has taken measures that...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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