Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) meetings, and (2) phone or video calls, the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff has had with representatives of Sinn Fein since the general election.

Special advisers are required to abide by the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers at all times and are required to make declarations in line with published transparency guidance. Under the guidance, which was also in place for the previous Administration, details of meetings between special advisers and the devolved governments or political parties are not disclosed.