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Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

Asked by John GlenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 17 September 2024UIN 4642

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the Civil Service Commission has provided on whether a decision to appoint a civil servant under one of the Recruitment Principles exceptions can be taken by a Minister.

Answered by Georgia Gould

Ministers cannot appoint civil servants.

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