Written question asked by Alex Burghart (Conservative) on Monday, 6 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 July 2026. It was answered by Satvir Kaur (Labour) on Thursday, 16 July 2026 on behalf of the Cabinet Office. UK Statistics Authority was asked to reply.
Political Parties: General Elections
- Question
-
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the UKSA letter entitled Letter to leaders of political parties in advance of the May 2026 elections, what is the statutory basis for OSR and UKSA monitoring and commenting on statements made by opposition political parties in an election period.
- Answer
-
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the Parliamentary Question of 6th July is attached.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 16045
- Session
- 2026-27
- Attachment
- 16045
- Subjects
- General elections Political parties Opposition UK Statistics Authority Office for Statistics Regulation
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2026-07-17 09:53:39 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2026-27/16045
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2026-27/16045
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2026-27/16045