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Senior Civil Servants: Disclosure of Information

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 13 January 2026UIN 101381

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has a policy on access to (a) diary and (b) private secretaries for senior civil servants.

Answered by Anna Turley

It is up to each department to make their own policy. No such policy exists within the Cabinet Office.

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