Question follow-through · 22610
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: Westminster Hall Sittings
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will provide an estimate of the number of hours spent (a) responding to and (b) preparing for Westminster Hall Debates by (i) government ministers, (ii) civil servants and (i
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- Answering body
- Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will provide an estimate of the number of hours spent (a) responding to and (b) preparing for Westminster Hall Debates by (i) government ministers, (ii) civil servants and (i
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
It is not possible to provide an estimate for hours spent preparing Ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates. There will be differences in the Civil Service, Special Adviser and Ministerial time depending on the policy matter and length of the deb...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the annual increase in UK GDP attributable to full UK access to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (
Minimum Wage: Fylde
3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has identified any employers based in the Fylde constituency among those named in the latest National Minimum Wage naming round.
Housing Improvement
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will outline the process for selecting the Furniture and Home Improvement Ombudsman and Trusted Payments as delivery partners for the Approved Code and Trusted Payments schem
Housing Improvement: Codes of Practice
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, which organisations his Department consulted before announcing the Approved Code for the home improvement sector.
Housing Improvement: Codes of Practice
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what metrics his Department will use to evaluate the success of the Approved Code.
Housing Improvement: Codes of Practice
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how the Approved Code for the home improvement sector will interact with the Competition and Markets Authority's principles for trader recommendation platforms.