§ Captain BULLOCKasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether in any Government Departments, and, if so, which, the practice of private and spare-time work being undertaken by salaried officials is recognised; and whether Income Tax surveyors and Government solicitors or accountants adopt this practice?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEThe extent to which a civil servant can engage in outside occupations would normally be governed by the Regulations of the Department in which he is employed. Article 17 of the Order in Council of 10th January, 1910, provides that no officer shall be allowed to accept any part in the management of any society, or any trading, commercial, industrial, or financial firm or company which would require the attendance of such officer at any time between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and by Treasury Circular of the 11th August, 1927, the attention of Departments1196W was drawn to the following principles, which, in the Treasury view, should be embodied, together with the Article above quoted in all Departmental Regulations dealing with this matter.
- (1) No officer may at any time engage in any activity which would in any way tend to impair his usefulness as a public servant.
- (2) No officer may engage in any occupation or undertaking which might in any way conflict with the interests of his Department or be inconsistent with his position as a public servant.