Question follow-through · 47764
Elections
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether benefits advisors are classified as civil servants for the purposes of the regulated period ahead of an election.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 1 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether benefits advisors are classified as civil servants for the purposes of the regulated period ahead of an election.
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 May 2025
Answer published
Section 4.4 of the Civil Service Management Code sets out restrictions on civil servants with regard to political activity, including examples of roles that fall into the politically restricted category. This category includes members of the Senior Civil ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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