Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office on 24 February (HC113702), and with reference to paragraph 223 of the Guide to Parliamentary Work, updated on 19 November 2024, what is the public interest rationale for not publishing the guidance on the rebranding of HM Government to the UK Government in public communications.

This guidance is currently under development in a live policy area. Premature release of this information would inhibit the free and frank provision of advice for policy development.