Written Questions: Government Responses

(asked on 25th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to answers to Written Parliamentary Questions that are written or drafted by external contractors, what steps his Department is taking to verify that the information in those answers is (a) complete and (b) accurate.


Answered by
Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
This question was answered on 13th April 2021

Written Parliamentary Questions receive final sign off from Ministers.

The Cabinet Office has produced guidance for civil servants on drafting answers to parliamentary questions. This can be found on the gov.uk website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance


Civil servants and Ministers conduct these duties in line with their respective Codes of Conduct.

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