Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 85917

Lobbying: Official Hospitality

Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2025 to Question 76050 on Lobbying: Official Hospitality, if he will publish guidance on the holding of departmental receptions at the offices of consultant lobbying firms;

Answer

Nick Thomas-Symonds
I refer the Rt Hon Member to Question 76050. There is no data held centrally by the Cabinet Office on departments' externally hosted events.