Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update guidance for special advisers on the acceptance of gifts and hospitality, further to the te special advisers' code of conduct, in the context of updated guidance for Ministers.

I refer to the answer to PQ 8999. The Ministerial Code guidance on hospitality applies to ministers.

There are no plans to update the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers in respect of gift and hospitality.