Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that his special advisers comply with the provisions of section 16 of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisors, Involvement in politics in a private capacity: national political activity.
I refer the Hon Member to paragraph 9 of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers. The Code forms part of the model contract for Special Advisers. The Cabinet Office has overall responsibility for the content of the model contract and the Code of Conduct.