Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 75362
Business Interests: Public Appointments
Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 23 September 2025
Question
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 July 2025 on Government of service, HCWS870, whether changes to the Business Appointment Rules will be retrospective.
Answer
Nick Thomas-SymondsThe changes to the way the Rules are administered will come into effect on 13 October. The changes announced in the 21 July Written Ministerial Statement will not be applied retrospectively.