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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration

Asked by Andrew GwynneIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 21 July 2025UIN 61744

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times their Department has accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms o

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Commercial sensitivities exist around aspects of this spend which could prejudice commercial interests. All spend in these areas are subject to the standard value for money assessments.

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