Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 115544

Cabinet Office: Public Appointments

Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 9 April 2026

Question

Alex Burghart

ConservativeBrentwood and Ongar

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Secretary was appointed on the advice of the retiring Cabinet Secretary.

Answer

Satvir Kaur
I refer to the Hon. Member to the Gov.uk announcement, “the Prime Minister and the First Civil Service Commissioner agreed on a process to appoint a new Cabinet Secretary.”