Propriety and Ethics Directorate

What we do

The Propriety and Ethics Directorate promotes the highest standards of integrity and impartiality. We provide specialist support in handling complex and crosscutting cases of alleged breaches of standards of conduct and behaviour and we deal with complaints by civil servants about Ministers.

We do this by: 

• ensuring that staff across the organisation and its public bodies have a point of contact for raising issues of concern
• providing support and advice to the organisation where necessary on high profile issues concerning propriety and ethics

Who we are

Cabinet Secretary and Ministers

Management