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Civil Servants: Conflict of Interests

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 18 November 2024UIN 14090

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraphs 11 and 19(a) of the guidance entitled Declaration and Management of outside Interests, published on 6 November 2024, what the threshold is for determining whether a close personal re

Answered by Georgia Gould

Any interest which could bring about a perceived, potential or actual conflict of interest should be declared. Individuals have a responsibility to consider each relationship in context and declare it if they judge this to be the case.

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