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Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and Propriety and Constitution Group: Staff

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 28 March 2025UIN 39587

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 24882 on Tulip Siddiq, how many staff work in the (a) Independent Adviser’s secretariat and (b) Propriety and Ethics directorate excluding that secretariat.

Answered by Georgia Gould

I refer the Honourable Member to the answer of 17 September 2024 (UIN 4672), which sets out the responsibilities of the Propriety and Ethics Directorate.

There are currently 20.47 FTE working on propriety and ethics functions within the directorate. Within that headcount, 2 FTE staff currently work in the Independent Adviser's Secretariat.

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