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Public Appointments and Special Advisers

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 30 January 2025UIN 26089

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has received legal advice on the compatibility of (a) Ministerial and (b) special adviser appointments with section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006.

Answered by Georgia Gould

As is a longstanding practice under successive administrations, Civil Service or legal advice on appointments is treated in confidence.

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