Committee on Standards in Public Life: Upholding Standards in Public Life
USPL-32
Response position Partially accepted
Delivery status In progress
Published November 2021
Addressed to Cabinet Office
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The government should revise the categories of published information to close the loophole by which informal lobbying is not disclosed in departmental releases.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Upholding Standards in Public Life, November 2021
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
The Government will expand transparency obligations to include the disclosure of diarised phone calls and virtual meetings. The Government does not believe this needs to include letters, WhatsApps, impromptu phone calls or emails, which do not alone evidence a substantive lobbying engagement.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗
Assessment by the issuing body
Assessment (the Committee's words)
Partially met