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Tom Kibasi

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 25 November 2025UIN 91381

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Tom Kibasi was a (a) direct ministerial appointment, (b) special adviser, (c) secondment, (d) civil servant recruited by exception or (e) permanent civil servant, when working in 10 Downing Street.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

Tom Kibasi was recruited via secondment.

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