Written Question·Treasury·UIN 74285
Treasury: Public Appointments
Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025
Question
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Business Engagement Lead is a (a) special adviser, (b) direct ministerial appointment, (c) civil servant appointed by open and fair competition and (d) civil servant appointed by recruitment principles e
Answer
Dan TomlinsonThere is a business engagement team in HMT made up of civil servants recruited via fair and open competition.