Q4 – January to March 2024
The Office administers conflict of interest regimes for the following individuals
Members of the House of Commons
(MPs)
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Reporting public office holders
| Public office holders without reporting obligations
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829 ministerial staff,
560 people appointed to other positions)
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MPs are elected.
Public office holders are appointed.
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The Office helps Members of the House of Commons and Public office holders prevent conflicts of interests by:
Contacting them as soon as they take office
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0 times
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189 times |
Ensuring they complete the initial compliance process
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2 processes
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102 processes
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Giving them advice
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213 times
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658 times
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Following up with them every year
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93 reminders
| 376 reminders
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Posting information in the public registry
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73 times
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241 times
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Telling them about the post-employment rules
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N/A
| 85 times
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77% of new reporting public office holders met all deadlines.
The Office contacted new public office holders and MPs within 3 business days in 94% of cases. |
CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE
When an MP or a public office holder has questions, they ask advisors at the Office for confidential advice.
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Material changes :
48%
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Material changes:
32%
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General obligations: 30% | General obligations: 29%
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Gifts and other benefits:
17% |
Post-employment obligations: 15%
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Letters of support and fundraising: 5%
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Gifts or other advantages:
12% |
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Outside activities:
12%
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The number of requests for advice was about the same as the last quarter.
The Office responded to standard requests within 3 business days in 88% of cases.
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PUBLIC REGISTRY
The Office added information to the Public Registry:
There were more postings about gifts and fewer postings overall than in the last quarter.
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The public registry is updated daily and can be accessed online.
You can search it by date, type of declaration, regime, or an individual's name.
The information in the registry is the only information the Office can make public.
4,000 public registry visitors
34,700 public registry views
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After an MP or public office holder leaves office, their information is removed.
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POST-EMPLOYMENT RULES (CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT ONLY)
All public office holders are subject to some rules even after they leave their position.
85 PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS
LEFT OFFICE THIS QUARTER
Former reporting public office holders face extra rules for one or two years after they leave office (cooling-off period)
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305 former public office holders were in their cooling-off period
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They can ask for an exemption, waiver, or reduction of their cooling-off period |
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0 exemptions, waivers, or reductions granted |
SANCTIONS (CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT ONLY)
4 notices of violation sent
Reporting public office holders who miss a reporting deadline may have to pay an administrative monetary penalty (fine). Before issuing a penalty, the Office sends them a notice of violation. |
Administrative monetary penalties
No penalties this quarter.
All penalties are posted in the public registry.
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INVESTIGATIONS
Case files opened and closed (a case file is a concern that is reviewed by the Office)
 12 case files
|  0 reports published
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9 case files closed
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Subject of case files |
Source of case files? |
4 ministers or parliamentary secretaries
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8 members of the general public
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5 Members of the House of Commons
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4 Members of the House of Commons
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2 public office holders
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0 media
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| 1 person not subject to Act or Code |
0 within the Commissioner's Office
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The Office's target is to finish investigations in 12 months
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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
Responded to standard media requests within 4 hours in 91% of cases.
Responded to standard public requests within 10 days in 88% of cases.
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