Civil Servants: Conferences

(asked on 30th July 2024) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on allowing civil servants to speak at (a) commercial and (b) voluntary sector conferences in a (i) personal and (ii) trade union capacity.


Answered by
Georgia Gould Portrait
Georgia Gould
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 2nd September 2024

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of all civil servants. Civil servants are required to fulfil their work duties and obligations responsibly. Decisions on civil servants’ speaking attendance at any conferences are made on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with the Civil Service Code. Civil servants should not engage in activities likely to call into question their political impartiality.

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