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Civil Servants: Codes of Practice

Volume 492: debated on Wednesday 20 May 2009

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what changes have been made to the Civil Service Management Code provisions on (a) blogging and use of social media by civil servants, (b) guidance on access to papers of a previous administration and (c) civil servants publishing memoirs in the last six months. (271964)

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