Department for Business and Trade: Civil Servants
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people, other than special advisers, have been appointed to civil service posts in his 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 Justin Madders
There are 10 exceptions to fair and open recruitment, details of which can be found within the Civil Service Commission’s published Recruitment Principles. DBT has appointed 6 individuals under these Exceptions since 4th July 2024 with 4 of these being previous Civil Servants who were reappointed.
- 1x AO, 1x SEO and 2x Grade 7 under Exception 5 (Former Civil Servants)
- 1x EO under Exception 2 (support for government employment schemes)
- 1x SCS1 under Exception 4 (Highly Specialist Skills)
Role titles could lead to individuals being identified therefore we are not able to provide this information.
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