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Senior Civil Servants: Career Development

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 April 2026UIN 113599

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many participants in the Directors Leaders Scheme a) enrolled, b) completed the full programme, c) withdrew before completion and d) were removed by programme administrators in each of the last three years.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

Directors Leadership Programme cohort 4 is starting from 22 April and has 35 participants.

In the last three years:

  1. 109 people were enrolled.

  2. Everyone completed the programme

  3. Nobody withdrew from the programme

  4. Nobody was removed from the programme by the administration.

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