13. To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent assessment he has made of compliance with the civil service management code’s rules on the registration of hospitality received by senior civil servants. (203767)

The rules on the registration of hospitality are set out in the “Civil Service Management Code”. The Government are committed to publishing, for the first time, an annual list of hospitality received during 2007 by members of departmental boards. The information is currently being compiled, and it will be published shortly.