Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 48182

Special Advisers: Recruitment

Tabled: 25 April 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 45018 on Special Advisers: Recruitment, whether the Prime Minister has set a maximum cap on the number of special advisers who can be appointed.

Answer

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
I refer the Rt Hon Member to PQ 45018. The Prime Minister in his Ministerial Code has set out the approach to appointing special advisers.