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Treasury Board: Public Appointments

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 5 September 2025UIN 70577

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press release entitled Senior business leaders bolster Treasury board of 13 August 2025, whether the three new Board members had declarable political activity.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

Appointments to the HMT Board are regulated by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Sir Charlie Mayfield, Edward Twiddy and Jenny Scott have not engaged in any political activity in the last five years.

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