2016
Code Consultation
The original version of the Impress Standards Code (2017) was developed with and for the public. It was written by the Impress Code Committee after a rigorous and transparent consultation process. This was the first time in the history of UK press regulation that the British public were directly asked to contribute to the development of press standards.
You can download the archived 2017 Standards Code* here.
The Code was updated in 2023. Click here for further information.
Submissions to Code Consultation
One of the stages of the consultation was a formal six-week public consultation on a draft Code. Impress published this draft Code on 19 August 2016, inviting submissions. The consultation period ran for a period of 6 weeks, ending on 29 September 2016. Impress published a consultation paper explaining the reasons for the consultation and the thinking behind the draft Code. The consultation paper asked stakeholders to answer key questions that would assist the committee in finalising the Code.
Impress received 42 submissions in response to the consultation, eight of which were from stakeholders who requested that their submissions be anonymised. Stakeholders were able to make submissions in several ways: through an online survey, by email, or by phone. Many stakeholders responded through the online survey. Those submissions are reproduced as pdfs and include only those questions from the survey that were answered by each respondent.
Aidan White, Ethical Journalism Network
Claire de Than, City University
Dr Faith Gordon, Westminster University
Dr Sally Broughton Micova, University of East Anglia
Equalities and Human Rights Commission
Information Commissioner’s Office
Marcus Keppel-Palmer, University of the West of England
Muslim Engagement and Development
National Suicide Prevention Alliance
National Union of Journalists (NUJ)
Standing Committee for Youth Justice
Time to Change (MIND and Rethink Mental Illness)
For a description of this consultation and the Code Committee’s decision-making process in developing the Code, please download the 2016 Consultation Response Paper below.
