Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 5028

Civil Servants: Recruitment

Tabled: 10 September 2024
Answered: 18 September 2024

Question

John Glen

ConservativeSalisbury

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how long a civil service vacancy must be advertised for to qualify as open and fair competition.

Answer

Georgia Gould
There is no prescribed duration for the advertising of publicly advertised vacancies for them to be considered compliant with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles.