Written question asked by Siân Berry (Green Party) on Monday, 13 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 July 2026 (named day). It was answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) on Thursday, 16 July 2026 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

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Royal Family: Disclosure of Information

Question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer to the Answer of 10 May 2002 to Question 54672, what recent guidance his Department has given to public bodies on potential embarrassment as a justifiable reason to withhold the release of material relating to the Royal Family under the Public Records Act 1958 (as amended in 1967).