Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the letter from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests of 23 December 2021, what assessment he has made since that date of (a) the staffing necessary to support the work of the Independent Adviser and (b) potential merits of widening the remit and powers of the Independent Adviser.
The Independent Adviser's letter of 23 December concluded the correspondence, which was published soon after on 6 January. The correspondence sets out the timescales for further consideration and discussion of these matters. That work is underway and the Independent Adviser indicated that he would expect to be able to describe any changes to his role by the time of his next Annual Report in April.