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Civil Service: Public Speaking

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Question for Cabinet Office

UIN 188451, tabled on 8 June 2023

Question

Clive Efford
Labour
Eltham
Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the guidelines on external speakers at civil service events drawn up by his Department in 2022.

Answer

Jeremy Quin
Conservative
Horsham
Commons

Answered on

14 June 2023

The Government People Group which sits within the Cabinet Office developed guidance for all Cross-Government Diversity networks seeking speakers, prior to inviting them to participate in Civil Service events. This is to adhere to the Civil Service Code and maintain impartiality.


Updated guidance for all Cross-Government Diversity networks was published in the Houses of Parliament Library on 17th May 2023. There is no Civil Service wide guidance on checks for external speakers.

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