Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 118526

Public Appointments: Retirement

Tabled: 6 March 2026

Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will introduce a mandatory retirement age for (a) regulated public appointments and (b) direct ministerial appointments.

Answer

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Departments follow published guidance when making regulated public appointments and direct ministerial appointments: The “Governance Code on Public Appointments” sets out the process for making Public Appointments and includes the principle of appointment...

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