Question follow-through · 39587
Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and Propriety and Constitution Group: Staff
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.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
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.
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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28 Mar 2025
Answer published
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. With...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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