Director General, Propriety and Constitution Group (PCG)
Ellen Atkinson
Biography
Director General, Propriety and Constitution Group (PCG)
The Director General, Propriety and Constitution Group is responsible for:
- ensuring the highest standards of propriety and ethics across all government departments
- overseeing constitutional policy and providing advice to Ministers on parliamentary, crown and other constitutional issues
- overseeing the Honours Secretariat
- overseeing the Privy Council Office
- advising on the policies and codes governing ministers and special advisers
- managing government’s relationship with the ‘independent offices’ (e.g. the Civil Service Commission)
- advising on public appointments (i.e. appointment to posts of public administration)