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9 Downing Street: Media

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 19 February 2025UIN 30826

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 25454 on 9 Downing Street: Media, what advice the (a) Cabinet Secretary and (b) Cabinet Office Propriety and Ethics Team provided on whether the colours (i)

Answered by Georgia Gould

As has been the case under successive administrations, it is a long-standing principle that Civil Service advice is given and treated in confidence. This includes detailing whether or not advice has been given and by whom.

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