Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 59420
Civil Servants: Political Impartiality
Tabled: 12 June 2025
Answered: 20 June 2025
Question
Suella Braverman
Reform UK — Fareham and Waterlooville
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department plans to take to support (a) neutrality and (b) impartiality in the civil service.
Answer
Ms Abena Oppong-AsareImpartiality, and in particular political impartiality, is one of the values of the Civil Service Code. It is a contractual obligation for civil servants to abide by the Code. Impartiality means civil servants must serve the Government, whatever its polit...
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