Question follow-through · 25082
Small Businesses: Statistics
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department is taking steps to reduce duplication by enabling the Office for National Statistics to make greater use of data already held by Government departments rather than requiring businesses to
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- 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 Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department is taking steps to reduce duplication by enabling the Office for National Statistics to make greater use of data already held by Government departments rather than requiring businesses to
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 28th August is attached.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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