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Darren Christopher Tierney (born 29 January 1975) [1] is a British civil servant, serving since 2023 in the Cabinet Office as the director-general for propriety and constitution group. [2] From 2021–2023, he was director-general for propriety and ethics. [2]
Darren Tierney, director general of propriety and ethics in the Cabinet Office, said financier Lex Greensill’s exact role as an adviser was ‘unclear’.
The Cabinet Secretary is responsible for clearing ministers' financial matters. [9] The Code is currently administered by the Propriety and Ethics group within the Cabinet Office. [10] The Code is periodically updated. The 2015 update removed the explicit requirement that ministers comply with international law and treaty obligations. [11]
Helen MacNamara CB is a British former civil servant, who served as the Deputy Cabinet Secretary in the Cabinet Office from 2020 to 2021. She had previously worked as Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet from January 2019 and was Director General for Propriety and Ethics in 2018.
Gray joined the Cabinet Office in the late 1990s, having previously worked at the departments of Health, Transport, and Work and Pensions. [17] [18] From 2012 she was director-general of the Propriety and Ethics team, and head of the Private Offices Group, directly under the Cabinet Secretary.
The Cabinet Office is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet . [ 3 ] It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and coordinate the delivery of government objectives via other departments.
The Committee on Standards in Public Life is an independent advisory non-departmental public body, [1] with a secretariat and budget provided by the Cabinet Office.The committee advises and makes recommendations to the prime minister on ethical standards in public life. [2]
A cabinet secretary is usually a senior official (typically a civil servant) who provides services and advice to a cabinet of ministers as part of the Cabinet Office. In many countries, the position can have considerably wider functions and powers, including general responsibility for the entire civil service .