Committee on Standards in Public Life: Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduc…
R10-36
Published January 2005
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The Commissioner’s Code of Practice on Public Appointments should be reviewed and revised as a matter of urgency to reflect and incorporate the principal recommendations of PricewaterhouseCooper’s audit report, Conflicts of Interest, produced for the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments in June 2004 and the general recommendations in the report by AHL Ltd, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, Audit of Conflicts of Interest, HC 678, 17 June 2004.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduct in public life, January 2005
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
The Government has consulted the Commissioner about this recommendation and agrees with her intention to include further information on dealing with conflicts of interest in her Code of Practice.
The Cabinet Office provides guidance on conflicts of interest, including a relevant question on the model application form and letter of appointment, in its Making and Managing Public Appointments. Guidance for Departments. The issue is also covered in Guidance on Codes of Practice for Board Members of Public Appointments and in Non-Departmental Public Bodies: A Guide for Departments, also produced by the Cabinet Office.
The Cabinet Office provides guidance on conflicts of interest, including a relevant question on the model application form and letter of appointment, in its Making and Managing Public Appointments. Guidance for Departments. The issue is also covered in Guidance on Codes of Practice for Board Members of Public Appointments and in Non-Departmental Public Bodies: A Guide for Departments, also produced by the Cabinet Office.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗