Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 86975

Ministers' Private Offices: Civil Servants

Tabled: 30 October 2025
Answered: 7 November 2025

Question

Sarah Bool

ConservativeSouth Northamptonshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many appointments to ministerial private office have been made by exceptions to the civil service recruitment principles since July 2024; and how many transfers of civil servants from other departments by exc

Answer

Louise Sandher-Jones
Between July 2024 and 03 November 2025 there were no appointments made by exception to Ministerial Private Offices among the delegated grades (below Senior Civil Servant (SCS) level). However, during this period there was one direct Ministerial appointmen...

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