Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 4642

Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

Tabled: 9 September 2024
Answered: 17 September 2024

Question

John Glen

ConservativeSalisbury

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the Civil Service Commission has provided on whether a decision to appoint a civil servant under one of the Recruitment Principles exceptions can be taken by a Minister.

Answer

Georgia Gould
Ministers cannot appoint civil servants.