Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department received written communications from the Propriety and Ethics Team on the Rt. hon Member for Stratford-upon-Avon prior to his appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Successive governments have preserved the ability for officials to provide advice to Ministers, including the Prime Minister, in confidence. In order to protect the ability to provide such advice effectively, it is not appropriate to comment on either specific information or advice provided in relation to ministerial appointments, or on the procedures used to provide that advice.