Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 42577

Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 3 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 1260 on External by Default Recruitment, what criteria were applied to determine whether a role was urgent or critical during the pre-election period.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The guidance regarding recruitment of Senior Civil Servants during the pre-election period was published on the gov.uk website here.