Question follow-through · 20563
Prime Minister: Media
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to facilitate and increase scrutiny of the Office of the Prime Minister by the press.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 25 Sept 2026 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to facilitate and increase scrutiny of the Office of the Prime Minister by the press.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Sept 2026
Answer published
Scrutiny of government decision-making is an important part of the democratic process. The media hold the Office of the Prime Minister to account through regular Ministerial broadcast engagements and press conferences, and lobby briefings.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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