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Department for Transport: Civil Servants

Asked by John GlenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 14 October 2024UIN 6116

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people, other than special advisers, have been appointed to civil service posts in her Department without open competition since 4 July 2024; what their (a) job titles and (b) salary bands are; and on what basis each was appointed.

Answered by Mike Kane

Our records are dated as from 1 July 2024.

Of the exception decisions that are delegated to the Department for Transport, 5 have been made since 1 July 2024. The information requested on these appointments is provided in the table below:

(a) Job title

(b) Salary band

(c) Exception

Marine Office Dedicated Oral Examiner (Surveyor)

SEO

Exception 5 – Former civil servant

Data Protection Compliance Support Officer Apprentice

EO

Exception 2 – Support for government employment programme

Driving Examiner

EO

Exception 5 – Former civil servant

Driving Examiner

EO

Exception 5 – Former civil servant

UK Search and Rescue Second Generation

SCS 1

Exception 1 – temporary appointment

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