Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 907 on Government Departments: Public Consultation, whether his Department has issued guidance on whether (a) communications should be sent to participants in consultations initiated under the previous Government on the conclusions of that consultation and (b) consultation webpages should be updated to advise the public of the (i) status and (ii) conclusions of those consultations.

The Cabinet Office advises departments who contact us that a new administration may respond to a consultation that was initiated under a previous administration if they choose to do so. Departments are legally responsible for the consultations that they run and they can determine how best to communicate on consultations that were initiated by ministers of a previous administration.