Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether individuals working for the Government on secondment are governed by the Civil Service Code of Conduct.
Individuals seconded into Government are expected to observe the principles of the Civil Service Code as well as relevant departmental rules, policies and procedures relating to conduct and standards. It is standard process for this requirement to be made clear to the individual and their employer before the start of the secondment and to be detailed in a secondment agreement.