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Senior Civil Servants: Dismissal

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 3 December 2025UIN 88716

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service Management Code, updated on 9 November 2016, whether his Department has internal guidance on the process for the dismissal of a Cabinet Secretary.

Answered by Anna Turley

The Permanent Secretary model contract sets out the contractual detail on exits and disciplinary procedures for all Permanent Secretaries. This applies to the Cabinet Secretary and there is no separate internal guidance. A copy of the model contract has been placed in the House Library.

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