Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 14858

Public Sector: Public Consultation

Tabled: 1 July 2026
Answered: 8 July 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to departments on the disclosure of the names of organisations who are respondents to public consultations and calls for evidence.

Answer

Nick Thomas-Symonds
The Cabinet Office published consultation principles, which provide guidance to government departments on conducting consultations. It is for individual departments to decide how to apply the principles to their consultations.