Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1146820

	registered interest
	date	27/09/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Ethics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent advice he has received from the Director General of the Propriety and Ethics Team on the (a) standards and ethics and (b) corporate governance of government departments.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	291541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive administrations not to provide the contents of advice from officials to Ministers. Standards, ethics and corporate governance of a government department is a matter for the Permanent Secretary and minister in charge of each individual department.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/10/2019 15:06:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1146821

	registered interest
	date	27/09/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Conduct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many requests for investigations into the conduct of ministers has the Director General of the Propriety and Ethics Team received in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	291542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministerial Code sets out the process for investigations into the conduct of Ministers:</p><p>“If there is an allegation about a breach of the Code, and the Prime Minister, having consulted the Cabinet Secretary, feels that it warrants further investigation, he may ask the Cabinet Office to investigate the facts of the case and/or refer the matter to the independent adviser on Ministers’ interests.”</p><p>The published reports of the independent adviser on Ministers’ interests contain information about investigations conducted in response to allegations about the conduct of Ministers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/10/2019 16:48:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett