Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 75358
Former Ministers: Codes of Practice
Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 23 September 2025
Question
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 July 2025 on Government of service, HCWS870, who will be responsible for determining whether a former minister has seriously breached the (a) Ministerial Code and (b
Answer
Nick Thomas-SymondsAs set out in the Ministerial Code, the Prime Minister is the ultimate judge of the standards of behaviour expected of a minister and the appropriate consequences of a breach of those standards.