Civil Service: Political Impartiality
(asked on 29th June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to amend the law on impartiality in the Civil Service.
This question was answered on 10th July 2020
Part 1 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (CRAGA) provides the statutory basis for the Civil Service Code, and states that the Code must require civil servants to carry out their duties with impartiality. As set out in section 7(5), this requirement does not extend to Special Advisers. The Government has no plans to amend this.