| Heading: |
Civil Servants: Media and Public Speaking |
| Question ID: |
1812652 |
| UIN: |
59753 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4384 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mike Wood
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| Asking Member handle: |
mikejwood
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@mikejwood
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he has given to civil servants on speaking at press conferences. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-18 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5305 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Georgia Gould
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| Answering Member handle: |
georgia_gould
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@georgia_gould
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Correcting Member handle: |
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| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
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| Answer text: |
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... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
53 |
| Answering body name: |
Cabinet Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |