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Special Advisers: Part-time Employment

Commons · Question 20976 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 7 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Mike Wood

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, page 62, and to the Cabinet Office, Special adviser data releases: numbers and costs, July 2026, how many of the special

Answer

Answered by Mark Ferguson, 7 Sep 2026

As per the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers, where a special adviser wishes to undertake work for a political party which does not arise out of government business they may do this either in their own time, outside office hours, or under a separate co...