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Cabinet Office: Codes of Practice

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 23 December 2025UIN 99824

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has a book of precedents.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The Cabinet Office Precedent Book was last updated in 1992 and has been largely superseded by other documents, including the Cabinet Manual.The Cabinet Office does not maintain a book of precedents.

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