Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 100334

Public Appointments: Social Class

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to The Public Appointments Data Report 2024-25, published on 2 December 2025, whether Ministers requested that the socio-economic background of the applicants for public appointments to be monitor

Answer

Nick Thomas-Symonds
The government is committed to ensuring that public appointments are more representative of our nations and regions, including socio-economic background.