Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 40538
Labour Party: Conferences
Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025
Question
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Downing Street civil servants, excluding special advisers, were permitted to attend the 2024 Labour Party conference.
Answer
Ms Abena Oppong-AsareCivil servants are prohibited from attending party conferences in an official capacity, except in very exceptional circumstances when their presence may be required to carry out essential departmental business unconnected with the conference.