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Civil Servants: Recruitment

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 18 June 2025UIN 58628

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of job applications to the civil service in the last 12 months.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The number of vacancies advertised via the Civil Service (CS) Jobs website has decreased over the past full financial year and applications received via CS Jobs have increased.

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