Written Question·Leader of the House·UIN 118784

Leader of the House: Written Questions

Tabled: 9 March 2026

Answered: 12 March 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Leader of the House, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of Departmental answers to written Parliamentary Questions where information is refused because a document is not already in the public domain.

Answer

Sir Alan Campbell

As set out in the Ministerial Code, Ministers "should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest".I have written to all Members of Cabinet and s...

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