Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what checks have taken place to ensure that Permanent Secretaries have mechanisms in place to ensure that civil servants who advise Ministers are aware of the constitutional significance of Parliament and of the conventions governing the relationship between Parliament and Her Majesty's Government, as required by section 3(6) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and embodied in the Civil Service Code.

The requirement of section 3(6) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act is set out in the Civil Service Code, which forms part of the contract of employment for all civil servants.