Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 71225

Public Appointments: Political Impartiality

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Public Appointments Commission has issued guidance on the declaration of significant political activity for regulated appointments.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The Commissioner for Public Appointments has not issued guidance on the publication of declarations of political activity. As set out in previous answers, rules on political activity by prospective or existing public appointees are already clearly set out...
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