Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a policy governing personal relationships at work.

All civil servants are expected to abide by the Civil Service Code, which is the overarching framework that requires staff to carry out their role with dedication and a commitment to the Civil Service and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality. The requirement to abide by the code is set out in contracts of employment and as such the Department does not have a specific additional policy governing personal relationships at work.