Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 117670

Department of Health and Social Care: Recruitment

Tabled: 4 March 2026

Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Civil Service recruitment is governed by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, which requires that all appointments to the Civil Service are made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. The Cabinet Office does not recruit candidat...

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