This note also provides guidance to ministers in relation to the requirements of the Ministerial Code.
Ministers
During the leadership/deputy leadership election campaign, ministers remain in charge of their departments. Government business continues as normal.
All costs associated with the leadership/deputy leadership campaign – travel, accommodation, printing and so on – should be met by the individuals or the Party not the taxpayer.
Under the terms of the Ministerial Code, ministers must not use government resources for party political purposes. They must uphold the political impartiality of the civil service and not ask civil servants to act in any way which would conflict with the Civil Service Code.