Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 99824

Cabinet Office: Codes of Practice

Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

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

Answer

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The Cabinet Office Precedent Book was last updated in 1992 and has been largely superseded by other documents, including the Cabinet Manual.The Cabinet Office does not maintain a book of precedents.