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Public Appointments: Social Class

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 23 December 2025UIN 100334

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to The Public Appointments Data Report 2024-25, published on 2 December 2025, whether Ministers requested that the socio-economic background of the applicants for public appointments to be monitor

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The government is committed to ensuring that public appointments are more representative of our nations and regions, including socio-economic background.

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