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Home Office: Abortion

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 24 October 2025UIN 82643

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in her Department have met with abortion providers since July 2024.

Answered by Jess Phillips

Details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations and individuals are published by departments quarterly in arrears on their departmental pages on gov.uk. The most recent data - for the period April 2025 to June 2025 - was published on 25 September.

Special Advisers are required to comply with the Special Adviser Code of Conduct at all times and are required to make declarations on meetings with senior media figures in line with published transparency guidance.

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