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Civil Service: Business Interests

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 23 September 2025UIN 75356

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 July 2025 on Government of service, HCWS870, if he will publish the audit findings by the Civil Service Commission on the application of Business Appointment Rules below senior levels.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The Civil Service Commission is operationally independent of Government. The publication of information about the Commission’s audit activity in respect of the application of Business Appointment Rules below the most senior grades will be a matter for the Commission.

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