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Varun Chandra

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 16935

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the publication, Cabinet Office Publication of Special Adviser Interests 2024-2025, of 17 July 2025, if he will name the organisations on which Varun Chandra has recused himself.

Answered by Cabinet Office

There is an established system in place for the declaration and management of special advisers' interests. As has been the case under successive administrations, interests deemed relevant for publication for special advisers in No10 and the Cabinet Office are published on an annual basis by the Cabinet Office.

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