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Special Advisers: Recruitment

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 22 April 2025UIN 45018

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 6074 on Special advisers, whether his Department has set a maximum cap on the number of special advisers who can be appointed.

Answered by Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

In line with the Ministerial Code, Cabinet Ministers and, with the authorisation of the Prime Minister, Ministers who regularly attend Cabinet, may appoint special advisers. All special adviser appointments require approval of the Prime Minister.

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