Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 117763
Public Appointments
Tabled: 4 March 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026
Question
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the letter from the Cabinet Secretary to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee of 11 November 2025, and with reference to the Updated Desk Note: Making Direct Ministerial Appointments issued in 27 June
Answer
Nick Thomas-SymondsThe Cabinet Office regularly provides advice and information to help departments implement government policy. Routine support by officials is part of the normal workings of government.