Sub organisation

Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

Current ministers, official publications and departmental history, exactly as published.

§ Ministers

Recorded ministerial post holdings

0 recorded

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§ Consultations

0 recorded

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§ Publications

1 recorded

§ Timeline

1 recorded

2026-01-29 · publication
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Slugoffice-of-the-parliamentary-counsel

TypeSub organisation

Statuslive

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SourceGOV.UK Organisations API

Parliamentary scrutiny

Parliament publishes no official cross-reference to this GOV.UK organisation, so questions and meetings cannot be attributed to it.

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Ministers
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- No publisher-declared total published.
Publications, consultations and responses
1 records imported
records imported · observed 1955-01-01 → 2026-07-31
- GOV.UK search pagination is capped, so the historic publication archive is still being walked.
- No publisher-declared total published.
Department timeline
1 records imported
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- Events are recorded only where GOV.UK or Parliament publishes a date.
- No publisher-declared total published.
Parliamentary questions answered
Import in progress — no records available yet
import in progress · observed No dates observed
- No official Parliament ↔ GOV.UK cross-reference is published for this organisation, so questions cannot be attributed to it.
- Backfill still running — counts will increase.
- No publisher-declared total published.
Ministerial meetings
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import in progress · observed No dates observed
- Transparency releases are published quarterly and in arrears.
- Backfill still running — counts will increase.
- No publisher-declared total published.