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Special Advisers: Recruitment

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 12 May 2025UIN 48182

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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 45018 on Special Advisers: Recruitment, whether the Prime Minister has set a maximum cap on the number of special advisers who can be appointed.

Answered by Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

I refer the Rt Hon Member to PQ 45018. The Prime Minister in his Ministerial Code has set out the approach to appointing special advisers.

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