Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 4656

Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

Tabled: 9 September 2024
Answered: 16 October 2024

Question

John Glen

Conservative — Salisbury

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1261 on Senior Civil Servants, whether each of these roles were (a) externally advertised and (b) subject to open competition; and how many senior civil servant

Answer

Georgia Gould
The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 requires that selection to the Civil Service must be on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition. Information on all Senior Civil Service appointments is not collated centrally. Departments can run...
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