Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 59422
Civil Servants: Political Impartiality
Tabled: 12 June 2025
Answered: 20 June 2025
Question
Suella Braverman
Reform UK — Fareham and Waterlooville
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of how to improve civil service compliance with strict impartiality in (a) recruitment and (b) retention.
Answer
Georgia GouldThe Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles explain the legal requirement that selection for appointment to the Civil Service must be on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. The Civil Service takes adherence to these principles very ...
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