The “Civil Service Management Code” has been revised to reflect updated rules for civil servants on the publication of memoirs, and to provide a link to guidance for civil servants' on their participation in social media and on-line activity. The guidance on access to papers of a previous administration has not been revised, but the “Code” text covering this issue has been shortened and now links to further guidance in the “Directory of Civil Service Guidance”.
A copy of the “Civil Service Management Code” can be found in the Library of the House and online at:
http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/Assets/CSMC_April08_tcm6-3222_new_tcm6-6433.doc