Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 4645

Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

Tabled: 9 September 2024

Answered: 17 September 2024

Question

John Glen

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will instruct the (a) Cabinet Secretary and Head of Civil Service and (b) Civil Service Commission to make an assessment of the probity of appointments as civil servants without open and fair competition o

Answer

Georgia Gould

The Cabinet Secretary wrote to the Leader of the Opposition on 30th August 2024 addressing this issue and the use of Exceptions to the Recruitment Principles.