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Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 2 April 2025UIN 41122

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 30 July 2024, to Question 1261, on Senior Civil Servants, if he will publish a breakdown by (a) department and (b) job title of senior civil service jobs (i) offered and (ii) appointed since 30 July 2024, including indicating where a Civil Service recruitment principles exception was applied.

Answered by Georgia Gould

Information on Senior Civil Service appointments is not collated centrally. Departments can run campaigns outside of the central recruitment services through their own Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) or processes, or make appointments from existing reserve lists. Therefore, we are unable to provide a full response.

Appointments by exception at SCS2 or above must be approved by the Civil Service Commission, details of which are published on the commission’s website.

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