Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he gives to government departments on the (a) timetable for publication of their Single Departmental Plans and (b) extent of content reference in those plans to steps to attain the Sustainable Development Goals; and if he will make a statement.

Following the election, Cabinet Office asked departments to update their Single Departmental Plans. The Government intends to reflect updated SDPs on GOV.UK later this year.

In updated plans, departments have been asked to outline how planned activity will support the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals.