§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the guidelines issued by his Department to regulate relationships with lobbying companies.
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decision. In addition not all adverse decisions and opinions result in a loss of benefit.The only data held on appeals is: the number received, the number reviewed and revised by an adjudication officer and the number submitted for determination by a Social Security Appeal Tribunal.The attached table gives details of the number of decisions made in the year ending 30 March 1994, the five preceding years and appeals data for the same period.I hope this is helpful.
§ Miss WiddecombeConditions of service for the staff of the Department incorporate the general principles of conduct that require civil servants not to misuse information which they acquire in the course of their duties; not to make use of their official position to further their private interests or those of others; and not to receive gifts, hospitality or benefits of any kind from a third party, which might be seen to compromise their personal judgment or integrity.
§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list and date those occasions over the last two years when Ministers or officials in his Department have met lobbying companies, prior to a decision being made on the subject of the meeting with the lobbying company.
§ Miss WiddecombeThis information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.