To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether (a) she has and (b) her special advisers have had (i) meetings and (ii) other communications via electronic messaging with representatives of Arden Strategies.
Answered on
11 October 2024
Details of ministers’ meetings with external organisations and individuals are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Special advisers are required to comply with the Special Adviser Code of Conduct at all times and are required to make declarations on meetings with senior media figures in line with published transparency guidance.
Where a special adviser accompanies their minister to an official meeting with a senior media figure, the special adviser’s attendance does not need to be separately recorded as the minister will be the main attendee.
Where an informal lobbying approach is granted time or resource by Government, it should result in a diarised engagement and therefore be recorded.