Competencies
This table is derived from the Google sheet entitled "Code of Conduct evidence". Rows marked in grey indicate duplicates.
| ID | Competency | Duplicate of | RMFI Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| O1 | Outside interests | Miscellaneous | |
| O2 | Conflict between RMFI and Ministerial register | Multiple/all categories | |
| O3 | How many family members employed | Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses | |
| O3A | How many family members employed and cost | Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses | |
| O4 | What are the number of hours spent on second jobs | Employment and earnings | |
| O5 | What are the number of hours spent on second jobs | O4 | Employment and earnings |
| O6 | What is the number of Members with outside interests | Employment and earnings | |
| O7 | What is the nature of the outside interests/second jobs | Employment and earnings | |
| O8 | How often is the information gathered/published (timeliness) | Multiple/all categories | |
| O9 | What is the total rental income for Members owning multiple properties | Land and property portfolio | |
| O10 | What is the company name employing a Member and what sort of business is it | Employment and earnings | |
| O11 | Data linked by Companies House number | ||
| O12 | How many Members family members are involved in lobbying | Family members engaged in lobbying | |
| O13 | What are the second jobs of former Ministers/Prime Ministers | Employment and earnings | |
| O14 | What number of Members second job is allied to their previous experience | Employment and earnings | |
| O15 | Data linked by Companies House number | O11 | Employment and earnings |
| O16 | Which companies have spent the most amount of money on lobbying | Employment and earnings | |
| O17 | What are the number of hours spent on second jobs | O4 | Employment and earnings |
| O18 | Q229 | Employment and earnings; Shareholdings | |
| O19 | How often is the information gathered/published (timeliness) | O8 | Multiple/all categories |
| O20 | Conflict between RMFI and Ministerial register | O2 | Multiple/all categories |
| O21 | Interests related to executive (ministerial capacity) OR legislative functions of ministers | Multiple/all categories | |
| O22 | What are the number of hours spent on second jobs | O4 | Employment and earnings |
| O23 | What is the salary earnt on second jobs | Employment and earnings | |
| O24 | Multiple/all categories | ||
| O25 | What is the number of MPs with second jobs | Employment and earnings | |
| O26 | What is the nature of the outside interests/second jobs | O7 | Employment and earnings |
| O27 | Is the outside employment required to uphold a professional registration held prior to becoming an MP. | Employment and earnings | |
| O28 | What number of Members second job is allied to their previous experience | Employment and earnings | |
| O29 | Did the Member hold the role prior to being elected | Employment and earnings | |
| O30 | What is the salary earnt on second jobs | O23 | Employment and earnings |
| O31 | What are the number of hours spent on second jobs | O4 | Employment and earnings |
| O32 | Where are non-pecuniary roles declared and registered | Employment and earnings | |
| O33 | What number of Members second job is allied to their previous experience | Employment and earnings | |
| O34 | What is the nature of the outside interests/second jobs | O7 | Employment and earnings |
| O35 | Does the employment complement a members parliamentary role and responsibilities. | Employment and earnings | |
| O36 | Does the employment complement a members parliamentary role and responsibilities. | O35 | Employment and earnings |
| O37 | Conflict between RMFI and Ministerial register | O2 | Multiple/all categories |
| O38 | Were the gifts and hospitality registered within 28 days / What timeframe were the gifts and hospitality registered within | Gifts benefits and hospitality from UK sources | |
| O39 | Conflict between RMFI and Ministerial register | O2 | Multiple/all categories |
| O40 | Is employment or earning from a political party | Employment and earnings | |
| O41 | Is the donation from a political party | Donations and other support | |
| O42 | What information is the Member required to submit as part of the registration process, but which is not published | Donations and other support | |
| O43 | What is the status or relationship of the donor to the Member | Donations and other support | |
| O44 | How can the format of the register be enhanced to capture additional information in a concise, but transparent way | ||
| O45 | Which members have declared an interest during topical or supplementary questions | Multiple/all categories | |
| O46 | What are the number of hours spent on second jobs | O4 | Employment and earnings |
| O47 | What is the salary earnt on second jobs | O23 | Employment and earnings |
| O48 | What number of Members second job is allied to their previous experience | O33 | Employment and earnings |
| O49 | Does the employment complement a members parliamentary role and responsibilities. | O35 | Employment and earnings |
| W1 | Link members interests with same organisation registered under the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 and/or MCoC | Employment and earnings | |
| W2 | Is employment or earnings above or below the indicative limit of hours and remuneration considered reasonable | Employment and earnings | |
| W3 | Does the employment complement a members parliamentary role and responsibilities. | O35 | Employment and earnings |
| W4 | Is the outside employment required to maintain a certain number of hours to uphold a professional registration held prior to becoming an MP. | O27 | Employment and earnings |
| W5 | Is the paid work to provide services as a parliamentary strategist, adviser or consultant. | Employment and earnings | |
| W6 | Where are non-pecuniary roles declared and registered | O32 | Employment and earnings |
| W7 | Was the member acting as government trade envoy | Gifts benefits and hospitality from UK sources | |
| W8 | Relationship between the Ministerial Code and the MCoC | O2 | Multiple/all categories |
| W9 | How much time is spent on additional elected roles (e.g. local councillors, leaders of local authorities, members of the Scottish Parliament and/or metro mayors) | Employment and earnings | |
| W10 | Is the outside employment required to maintain a certain number of hours to uphold a professional registration held prior to becoming an MP. | O27 | Employment and earnings |
| W11 | Is employment or earning from a political party | O41 | Employment and earnings |
| W12 | Is the register machine readable | Multiple/all categories | |
| W13 | Can the data held in the register be exported in multiple formats | Multiple/all categories | |
| W14 | Can the data held in the register be downloaded in bulk | Multiple/all categories | |
| W15 | Is the data linked to other external data sets | Multiple/all categories | |
| W16 | Which standards are used to manage and maintain the quality of the data | Multiple/all categories | |
| W17 | What is the purpose/intended use of the donation or gift | Donations and other support; Gifts benefits and hospitality from UK sources | |
| W18 | What are the number of hours spent on second jobs | O4 | Employment and earnings |
| W19 | Is the paid work to provide services as a parliamentary strategist, adviser or consultant. | W5 | Employment and earnings |
| W20 | What number of Members second job is allied to their previous experience | O33 | Employment and earnings |
| W21 | How often is the information gathered/published (timeliness) | O19 | Multiple/all categories |
| W22 | Which declaration in the House business does the interest relate to | Multiple/all categories | |
| W24 | How many foreign visits were sponsored by foreign governments | Visits outside the UK | |
| W25 | Which overseas visits were related to the work of APPGs | Visits outside the UK | |
| W26 | Which members have undertaken foreign trips as part of APPG delegations | Visits outside the UK | |
| W27 | How many family members employed and cost | O3 / O3A | Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses |
| W28 | Which declaration in the House business does the interest relate to | W22 | Multiple/all categories |
| W29 | What number of Members second job is allied to their previous experience | O33 | Employment and earnings |
| W30 | Does the employment complement a members parliamentary role and responsibilities. | O35 | Employment and earnings |
| W31 | Is the outside employment required to maintain a certain number of hours to uphold a professional registration held prior to becoming an MP. | O27 | Employment and earnings |
| W32 | Does the employment complement a members parliamentary role and responsibilities. | O35 | Employment and earnings |
| W33 | Which declaration in the House business does the interest relate to | W22 | Multiple/all categories |
| W34 | What is the company name employing a Member, what category of business is it and within which industry do they operate | O10 | Employment and earnings |
| W35 | Are all the registers published in the same format to the same standards | W16 | Multiple/all categories |
| W36 | Is the paid work to provide services as a parliamentary strategist, adviser or consultant. | W19 | Employment and earnings |
| W37 | Which members own property and earn income in rent that meet rule thresholds | Land and property portfolio | |
| W38 | What number of Members second job is allied to their previous experience | O33 | Employment and earnings |
| W39 | Between which dates did the employment occur / Was the work carried out prior to being elected | Employment and earnings | |
| W40 | What are the contractual terms of the outside employment | Employment and earnings | |
| W41 | Is the paid work to provide services as a parliamentary strategist, adviser or consultant. | W19 | Employment and earnings |
| W42 | Is employment or earning from a political party | W11 | Employment and earnings |
| W43 | Was the member acting as government trade envoy | W7 | Gifts benefits and hospitality from UK sources |
| W44 | What are the number of hours spent on second jobs | O4 | Employment and earnings |
| W45 | How often is the information gathered/published | O19 | Multiple/all categories |
| W46 | Is the register machine readable | W12 | Multiple/all categories |
| W47 | Which declaration does the interest relate to | W22 | Multiple/all categories |
| W48 | Is the paid work to provide services as a parliamentary strategist, adviser or consultant. | W19 | Employment and earnings |
| W49 | Conflict between RMFI and Ministerial lists | O2 | Multiple/all categories |
| W50 | Which organisation/companies do members hold unpaid directorships or trustee positions for | Miscellaneous | |
| W51 | How to provide hyperlinks to ad hoc declarations made when tabling questions or applying for debates, and to such declarations, or the relevant interest in a Memberâs Register entry | Multiple/all categories | |
| W52 | Was a salary received from a political party | O41 | Employment and earnings |
| W53 | What is the source of the donation / Does the source of the donation fall within the list of impermissible sources set out in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 | Donations and other support; Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK | |
| W54 | Was the Direct support from the Memberâs own political party organisation | Donations and other support | |
| W55 | Were any gifts or benefits received in the capacity of a Government trade envoy | Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK | |
| W56 | Under dual system of reporting, EC needs access to the necessary information to fulfil its statutory duties in relation to its register of donations and regulated transactions (such as loans) to elected office holders, including members. | Multiple/all categories | |
| W57 | Were any gifts from a foreign source with a value of over £500 received | Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK | |
| W58 | What date was the interest submitted to the register | Multiple/all categories | |
| W59 | Is the paid work to provide services as a parliamentary strategist, adviser or consultant. | W19 | Employment and earnings |
| W60 | What are the number of hours spent on second jobs | O4 | Employment and earnings |
| W61 | Conflict between RMFI and Ministerial lists | O2 | Multiple/all categories |
| W62 | Is the paid work to provide services as a parliamentary strategist, adviser or consultant and does this relate to the members parliamentary role and responsibilities | W19 | Employment and earnings |
| W63 | Is the register founded on the same standards as other public sector registers | Multiple/all categories | |
| W64 | Gifts, benefits and hospitality from foreign provenance | Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK | |
| W65 | Did any members accept paid foreign travel costing over £500 | Visits outside the UK | |
| W66 | Which organisations provided paid foreign travel costing over £500 to a member | Visits outside the UK | |
| W67 | How many family members of members were engaged in lobbying | Family members engaged in lobbying | |
| W68 | Which organisations were family members of members engaged in lobbying | Family members engaged in lobbying | |
| W69 | Is the paid work to provide services as a parliamentary strategist, adviser or consultant. | O19 | Employment and earnings |
| W70 | What are the number of hours spent on second jobs | O4 | Employment and earnings |
| W71 | Is the outside employment related to political activity or providing an essential public service | O35 | Employment and earnings |
| W72 | Is the paid work to provide services as a parliamentary strategist, adviser or consultant | W5 | Employment and earnings |
| W73 | Which declaration in the House business does the interest relate to | Multiple/all categories | |
| W74 | Conflict between RMFI and Ministerial lists | O2 | Multiple/all categories |
| W75 | What are the contractual terms of the outside employment (paid work) | W40 | Employment and earnings |
| W76 | Is a registered interest linked to a declaration in any parliamentary proceedings? | W73 | Multiple/all categories |
| W77 | Have any members initiated a parliamentary proceeding in relation to an organisation recorded as an interest in the RMFI | Multiple/all categories | |
| W78 | Which connected parties were engaged in lobbying | Family members engaged in lobbying | |
| W79 | How often is the information gathered/published | Multiple/all categories | |
| W80 | Conflict between RMFI and Ministerial lists | O2 | Multiple/all categories |
| C1 | How often do members report interests late | Multiple/all categories | |
| C2 | Are there interests a member has declared but not reported to the RMFI (or vice versa) | Multiple/all categories | |
| C3 | Are there any directorships or shareholdings reported to Companies House that members havenât reported to the RMFI | Shareholdings | |
| C4 | How many / which members have outside employment | Employment and earnings | |
| C5 | How much has a member earned from outside employment in a calendar year / parliament / time in parliament | O23 | Employment and earnings |
| C6 | Which MPs earn the most from outside interests per annum? | Employment and earnings | |
| C7 | Can earnings be recorded in a standardised way | Employment and earnings | |
| C8 | How much time has a member spent on outside jobs in a calendar year / parliament / time in parliament | O4 | Employment and earnings |
| C9 | How much has a member received in benefits in a calendar year / parliament / time in parliament | Gifts benefits and hospitality from UK sources | |
| C10 | How much has a member received in donations in a calendar year / parliament / time in parliament | Donations and other support | |
| C11 | How many members still employ their spouse, and in what role | Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses | |
| C12 | For companies that pay MPs as employees, directors or consultants, who are their private clients? | Employment and earnings | |
| C13 | For companies that pay MPs as employees, directors or consultants, is the company currently listed on the Register of Consultant Lobbyists? | Employment and earnings | |
| C14 | What category of business does each of the companies listed in the RMFI operate in? (SG: SIC code presumably) | O10 | Multiple/all categories |
| C15 | What is the UK company number of each of the companies listed in the RMFI? | Multiple/all categories | |
| C16 | For companies listed in the RMFI that are not registered in the UK, what jurisdiction are they registered in? | Multiple/all categories | |
| C17 | What is the relationship between a member and an organisaton (e.g. shareholder, unpaid role) | Multiple/all categories | |
| C18 | Which members have a connection to organization x | Multiple/all categories | |
| C19 | Which members have a connection to an organization with SIC code x | Multiple/all categories | |
| C20 | Which members have a connection to a topic / theme x e.g. energy, transport, defence etc. | Multiple/all categories | |
| C21 | Which members have a connection with an oligarch/corrupt individual/regime x | Multiple/all categories | |
| C22 | How many members have unpaid outside roles | Employment and earnings | |
| C23 | Which members own a property in a particular geographical area | Land and property portfolio | |
| C24 | Which members own property and earn income in rent that meet rule thresholds | Land and property portfolio | |
| C25 | Where are the most popular destinations for overseas visits by place/region/country | Visits outside the UK | |
| C26 | What dates (from and to) did members fly overseas | Visits outside the UK | |
| C27 | Who has paid the most for overseas visits | Visits outside the UK | |
| C28 | How many sponsors of overseas visitors are foreign governments | Visits outside the UK | |
| C29 | Which overseas visits were related to the work of APPGs | Visits outside the UK | |
| C30 | Which members have undertaken foreign trips as part of APPG delegations | Visits outside the UK | |
| C31 | Which MPs have undertaken the most overseas visits in a calendar year / parliament / time in parliament | Visits outside the UK | |
| C32 | Which MPs have undertaken the highest valued overseas visits in a calendar year / parliament / time in parliament | Visits outside the UK | |
| C33 | Which members have declared an interest on a written question & for what interest | Multiple/all categories | |
| C34 | Which members have declared an interest on a tabled oral question & for what interest | Multiple/all categories | |
| C35 | Which members have declared an interest before an oral contribution & for what interest | Multiple/all categories | |
| C36 | What interests has a member declared | Multiple/all categories | |
| C37 | What members have declared an interest in subject x | Multiple/all categories | |
| C38 | For companies listed on the RMFI, what is the company name listed on CH are they known by any alternative names | Multiple/all categories | |
| C39 | For companies listed on the RMFI, who are their parent companies | Multiple/all categories | |
| C40 | What category of business does each of the companies listed in the RMFI operate in? (SG: SIC code presumably) | O10 | Multiple/all categories |
| C41 | What is the UK company/charity number of each of the companies listed in the RMFI? | Multiple/all categories | |
| C42 | Does the member own exempted property | Land and property portfolio | |
| C43 | For companies listed on the RMFI, what is the company name listed on CH are they known by any alternative names | C38 | Multiple/all categories |
| C44 | Does the member own exempted property | C42 | Land and property portfolio |
| C45 | Which members own a property in a particular geographical area / How many properties does a member hold in a particular geographical area | C23 | Land and property portfolio |
| C46 | What is the total rental income for Members owning multiple properties / How many/Which members own property and earn income in rent that meet rule thresholds | Land and property portfolio | |
| C47 | What steps are taken by parliamentary authorities to ensure that the RMFI is accurate when it is published | Multiple/all categories | |
| C48 | What consideration has parliament given to developing and promoting a national open data standard that could be used to publish registers of information data | Multiple/all categories | |
| R1 | What are MPs second jobs? | O7 | Employment and earnings |
| R2 | What are MPs engagements, interests? | Employment and earnings | |
| R3 | How many MPs have second jobs, what types of jobs are they, how much time they spend on it per year, how much they are paid for that â especially in aggregate rather than on an individual basis | O23 / O4 / O7 | Employment and earnings |
| R4 | What are MPs/Lords financial interests through companies? | Shareholdings | |
| R5 | Exactly what entities are related to MPs (whoâs received contracts, whoâs receiving public grunts, whoâs received preferential treatment)? | Employment and earnings | |
| R6 | What are MPs/Lords property interests? | Land and property portfolio | |
| R7 | How to find links of shareholdings or directorships back to the Companies House to understand the economic activity of those companies, number of assets, where they are? | Shareholdings | |
| R8 | What are MPs/Lords personal financial interests around stamp duty, rights for leaseholders? | Land and property portfolio | |
| R9 | Consistency in properties info in how private interest relates to their public role | Land and property portfolio | |
| R10 | More specific info on the location in identifying location of their properties â local authority area, reasonable geographic unit | C23 | Land and property portfolio |
| R11 | How to find out to what period of time interest applies? | Miscellaneous | |
| R12 | How to cross check public opinions and company endorsement? | Shareholdings | |
| R13 | How to identify conflict of interests inside and outside parliament? | Miscellaneous | |
| R14 | How much MPs work, paid, hours (second jobs)? | O23 / O4 / O7 | Employment and earnings |
| R15 | Information on donors â how much money donated for different APPGs rather than go through them manually? | Donations and other support | |
| R16 | Identifying a standardised way of reporting income (time metric, gross/net etc) | Employment and earnings | |
| R17 | How do MPs stack up against each other â e.g., time commitment to outside interests? | O4 | Employment and earnings |
| R18 | Being able to look up company number in the register e.g., when declaring directorships, interests | Shareholdings | |
| R19 | Being able to browse a single register with everything in one â MPs, Lords | Miscellaneous | |
| R20 | How many MPs have worked for foreign governments or peers worked for foreign governments? | Employment and earnings | |
| R21 | What gifts were MP given in X year? | Gifts benefits and hospitality from UK sources | |
| R22 | MPs earnings â annually, monthly, hourly (comparability and standardisation)? | O4 | Employment and earnings |
| R23 | How to identify donors who give small incremental amounts of money to different MPs? | Donations and other support | |
| R24 | How to compare who the companies donate money to vs who appears on payroll? | Donations and other support | |
| R25 | How to identify donations to political parties from companies no longer existing? | Donations and other support | |
| R26 | Company number, when listed, should link to Companies House | Shareholdings | |
| R27 | How to identify when interest was added and seized for the Lords? | Employment and earnings | |
| R28 | Which MPs have relations with the health sector, around migration? | Miscellaneous | |
| R29 | How to make comparisons to who was being represented in front of what select committees to identify topic-based relationships across MPs (Introducing unique identifiers) | Miscellaneous | |
| R30 | How to identify the same activity across MPs/identify usual and unusual activity across MPs? (Better contextualisation of data) | Miscellaneous | |
| R31 | Which MPs have (ever) taken donations/gifts from x? | Donations and other support | |
| R32 | What are MPs financial links with different companies? | Shareholdings | |
| R33 | How to access MPs activity by searching for their name? | Miscellaneous | |
| R34 | How to look up specific donors and their activity â e.g., their relations with various MPs? | Donations and other support | |
| R35 | How to browse relevant information about ticketing by subject e.g., sporting tickets, cultural events tickets over the year? | Gifts benefits and hospitality from UK sources | |
| R36 | How can we identify that when members have moved into a new area, they declare a new conflict of interest (accessing whatâs declared at different time periods)? | Land and property portfolio | |
| R37 | How to compare parliamentary data across time? | Miscellaneous | |
| R38 | How can we filter out the information to find e.g., cash donations that have gone to MP rather than their local association? | Donations and other support | |
| R39 | How can we find all the information in an accessible spreadsheet to easily filter out relevant data? | Miscellaneous | |
| R40 | How can we ensure that there is a universal completeness of data provided in the register? | Miscellaneous | |
| R41 | How do we find information on multiple donations to an MP from the same donor? (data aggregation) | Donations and other support |