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Asked by Mike WoodConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 3 September 2025UIN 70504

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will place in the Library a copy of any correspondence between his Department and the Commissioner for Public Appointments relating to public appointments without open and fair competition since

Answered by Justin Madders

Under the Governance Code for Public Appointments there is no requirement to publish correspondence between the Department and the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

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