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Treasury: Public Appointments

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 10 September 2025UIN 74285

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Business Engagement Lead is a (a) special adviser, (b) direct ministerial appointment, (c) civil servant appointed by open and fair competition and (d) civil servant appointed by recruitment principles e

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

There is a business engagement team in HMT made up of civil servants recruited via fair and open competition.

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