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Government Departments: Public Appointments

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 15 May 2025UIN 51157

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service Commission's publication entitled How Departments are doing on fair and open recruitment: what the Commission’s audits found, published in April 2025, in which departments audits found errors on the management of appointments by exception.

Answered by Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

The Civil Service Commission is operationally independent of the Government. The Commission reports on its audit activity each year in its Annual Report but does not publish individual departmental audits. The Commission additionally published a review into appointments by exception in November 2024.

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