Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 16026
By-elections: Makerfield
Tabled: 6 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026
Question
Alex Burghart
Conservative — Brentwood and Ongar
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any departmental special adviser took a leave of absence, or undertook a new party contract, to work on the Makerfield by-election.
Answer
Michael ShanksAs per the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers, where a special adviser wishes to undertake work for a political party which does not arise out of government business they may do this either in their own time, outside office hours, or under a separate co...
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