Written Question·Treasury·UIN 119204

Treasury: Recruitment

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Sir John Hayes

ConservativeSouth Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.

Answer

Lucy Rigby
Civil Service recruitment is governed by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which requires that all appointments to the Civil Service are made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. HM Treasury does not recruit candida...

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