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Former Ministers: Codes of Practice

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 23 September 2025UIN 75358

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 July 2025 on Government of service, HCWS870, who will be responsible for determining whether a former minister has seriously breached the (a) Ministerial Code and (b

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

As set out in the Ministerial Code, the Prime Minister is the ultimate judge of the standards of behaviour expected of a minister and the appropriate consequences of a breach of those standards.

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