Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 14090

Civil Servants: Conflict of Interests

Tabled: 13 November 2024
Answered: 18 November 2024
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Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraphs 11 and 19(a) of the guidance entitled Declaration and Management of outside Interests, published on 6 November 2024, what the threshold is for determining whether a close personal re

Answer

Georgia Gould
Any interest which could bring about a perceived, potential or actual conflict of interest should be declared. Individuals have a responsibility to consider each relationship in context and declare it if they judge this to be the case.