Public Appointments: Political Activities

(asked on 10th September 2026) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20905, on Public Appointments: Political Activities, whether the requirement to follow the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies requires any declared political activity of Direct Ministerial Appointments to be published publicly in line with the requirements for regulated public appointments.


Answered by
Mark Ferguson Portrait
Mark Ferguson
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 23rd September 2026

The conflict of interest process for Direct Ministerial Appointments, which includes declarations political activity, is set out in the answer to Question 20905.

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