Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues to (a) press officers and (b) special advisers on briefing correspondence to the media.

Guidance to civil service press officers on how they should deliver their role can be found here: https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/media/.

The Code of Conduct for Special Advisers includes provisions on contact with the media for Special Advisers and can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d834869e5274a2036a24e0d/201612_Code_of_Conduct_for_Special_Advisers.pdf.

The guidance has remained the same since the Right Honourable Member was a Minister in the department.