Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 14093

Special Advisers: Codes of Practice

Tabled: 13 November 2024
Answered: 26 November 2024

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update guidance for special advisers on the acceptance of gifts and hospitality, further to the te special advisers' code of conduct, in the context of updated guidance for Ministers.

Answer

Georgia Gould
I refer to the answer to PQ 8999. The Ministerial Code guidance on hospitality applies to ministers.There are no plans to update the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers in respect of gift and hospitality.