Cabinet Office Secretariats

Guidance on Handling Cabinet Committee Business

This section provides detailed guidance on handling Cabinet Committee business. It is designed for use by officials who are involved with Cabinet Committee business. It contains detailed guidelines and instructions on the process which needs to be followed when dealing with Cabinet or its Committees. The pages are on:

• Confidentiality of Cabinet and Cabinet Committee Business - for those dealing with requests for information about Cabinet or its Committees (e.g. answering Freedom of Information request or Parliamentary Questions)
• Clearing Policy through Cabinet- for those involved with the preparations for a meeting of Cabinet
• Obtaining Policy Clearance - for those needing to decide whether a policy should be cleared by Cabinet or its Committees and what method of clearance would be appropriate
• Committee Correspondence - for those involved with any aspect of Cabinet Committee correspondence
• Committee Meetings- for those involved with any aspect of Cabinet Committee meetings
• Checklist for Cabinet Committee Letters and Papers - for those involved with drafting these documents