Another of our FoI requests to Vera Baird’s office was to ask whether she had signed a Code of Conduct on her appointment as Police and Crime Commissioner, as it seemed to us she was in breach of a Code of Conduct signed by her opposite number in Greater Manchester. We could find no evidence online that Vera Baird had signed such a document.

We’ve just learned from her office that she did sign a Code of Conduct, in November 2012, and it’s here. It’s not the signed copy, but we expect that to be made available online shortly.