CSPL · Upholding Standards in Public Life
USPL-30
Rejected
Not started
November 2021
Recommendation
The government should include meetings held between external organisations and special advisers in transparency releases.
Addressed to
Cabinet Office
Government response
The Government does not believe that transparency obligations should be extended to equivalent Special Advisers on the basis that Special Advisers cannot authorise public expenditure nor exercise any statutory powers.
CSPL assessment
rejected