Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 101491

Civil Service: Codes of Practice

Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Claire Hanna

Social Democratic & Labour PartyBelfast South and Mid Down

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will outline the role of the Cabinet Secretary in relation to the civil service code.

Answer

Nick Thomas-Symonds
As set out in the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, the Minister for the Civil Service (the Prime Minister) is responsible for the Civil Service Code. As Head of the Civil Service, the Cabinet Secretary is the Prime Minister’s most senior pol...

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