West Suffolk MP Matt Hancock has been found to have committed a 'minor' breach of the ministerial code by failing to declare that a family firm in which he.
Matt Hancock committed a "minor" breach of the ministerial code by failing to declare his shareholding in a company run by his sister that was awarded an NHS contract, Boris Johnson's new ethics adviser has found. Lord Geidt, a former private secretary to the Queen who now advises the Prime Minister on his ministers' potential conflicts of interest, said Mr Hancock had inadvertently broken the code by failing to declare his shares but had acted "with integrity" throughout. The Health Secretary has a 20 per cent stake in Topwood Limited, a company run by his sister and her husband. In February 2019, it was awarded a "framework contract" with the NHS, which set out terms on how the firm could do business with the health service in future. Mr Hancock said he did not know the company had received a contract with the NHS and therefore could not "reasonably" have been expected to declare it. Lord Geidt's report said a "reasonable pe
The Health Secretary committed a “minor” but undeliberate breach of the ministerial code by failing to declare that a family firm he held shares in won an NHS contract, the Prime Minister’s ethics adviser has concluded.
Mr Hancock declared in the MPs’ register of interests in March this year that he owns 20% of shares in Topwood Limited, a firm owned by his sister and other close family members, which specialises in secure storage, shredding and scanning of documents.
The company, as first reported by the Health Service Journal (HSJ), won a place on a framework to provide services to the English NHS in 2019, as well as contracts with the NHS in Wales, after Mr Hancock was appointed to his Cabinet brief in July 2018.
The Health Secretary committed a “minor” but undeliberate breach of the ministerial code by failing to declare that a family firm he held shares in won an NHS contract, the Prime Minister’s ethics adviser has concluded.
Mr Hancock declared in the MPs’ register of interests in March this year that he owns 20% of shares in Topwood Limited, a firm owned by his sister and other close family members, which specialises in secure storage, shredding and scanning of documents.
The company, as first reported by the Health Service Journal (HSJ), won a place on a framework to provide services to the English NHS in 2019, as well as contracts with the NHS in Wales, after Mr Hancock was appointed to his Cabinet brief in July 2018.