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Lobbying

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 20 May 2026UIN 2094

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) Downing Street and (b) his Department hold regular group calls for consultant lobbyists.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

Details of Ministers and Senior Officials' meetings, including those held using video or audio-conferencing technology, and including phone calls where these replace or take the format of an official meeting, are published by departments on GOV.UK every quarter.

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