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Special Advisers: Corporate Hospitality

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 4 November 2025UIN 85198

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has provided to special advisers on the definition of personal hospitality.

Answered by Anna Turley

The Code of Conduct for Special Advisers requires special advisers to declare details of gifts and hospitality received in accordance with the rules set out in their departmental staff handbooks. The Special Advisers’ Transparency Guidance available on GOV.UK provides further details of requirements for reporting of gifts, hospitality and meetings with senior media figures.

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