Det är osannolikt - ministeriet var effektivt i krig med Dumbledore.
Phoenix-ordningen är ett hemligt samhälle grundat och ledt av Dumbledore - det var klart hans.
“Is anyone going to bother telling me what the Order of the Phoenix –?’
‘It’s a secret society,’ said Hermione quickly. ‘Dumbledore’s in charge, he founded it. It’s the people who fought against You-Know-Who last time.”
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 4 (Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place)
Vid den tiden Harry hämtades från Dursleys, Dumbledore och ministeriet var i krig. Fudge hade sagt att några anställda från departementet inte borde vara i kontakt med Dumbledore, eller de skulle sparkas.
“Well, apparently Fudge has been storming round the Ministry checking that nobody’s having any contact with Dumbledore,’ said George.
‘Dumbledore’s name is mud with the Ministry these days, see,’ said Fred. ‘They all think he’s just making trouble saying You-Know-Who’s back.’
‘Dad says Fudge has made it clear that anyone who’s in league with Dumbledore can clear out their desks,’ said George.”
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 4 (Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place)
Departementet ville ha både Dumbledore och Harry diskrediterade, eftersom Fudge försökte förneka att den mörka Herren hade återvänt för att han inte ville möta den möjligheten själv.
“How can he think that?’ said Harry angrily. ‘How can he think Dumbledore would just make it all up – that I’d make it all up?’
‘Because accepting that Voldemort’s back would mean trouble like the Ministry hasn’t had to cope with for nearly fourteen years,’ said Sirius bitterly. ‘Fudge just can’t bring himself to face it. It’s so much more comfortable to convince himself Dumbledore’s lying to destabilise him.”
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 5 (The Order of the Phoenix)
Fudge var heller inte till förmån för Harry, han var glad för en möjlighet att utvisa honom.
“What Cornelius doesn’t know won’t hurt him,’ said Umbridge, who was now panting slightly as she pointed her wand at different parts of Harry’s body in turn, apparently trying to decide where it would hurt most. ‘He never knew I ordered Dementors to go after Potter last summer, but he was delighted to be given the chance to expel him, all the same.”
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 32 (Out of the Fire)
Så, departementet godkände nästan säkert inte uppdraget att hämta Harry från Dursleys.