Question follow-through · 59753
Civil Servants: Media and Public Speaking
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he has given to civil servants on speaking at press conferences.
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
- 13 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he has given to civil servants on speaking at press conferences.
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
As per the detailed Government Communication Service (GCS) Propriety & Ethics Guidance, when civil servants are acting as departmental spokespeople they must establish impartiality and neutrality with the news media, and ensure that they deal with all...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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