Written Question·Home Office·UIN 117667
Home Office: Recruitment
Tabled: 4 March 2026
Answered: 25 March 2026
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer
Sarah JonesCivil Service recruitment is governed by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which requires that all appointments to the Civil Service are made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition.The Home Office does not recruit cand...
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