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Cabinet Office: Public Appointments

Asked by Alex BurghartConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 April 2026UIN 115544

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Secretary was appointed on the advice of the retiring Cabinet Secretary.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

I refer to the Hon. Member to the Gov.uk announcement, “the Prime Minister and the First Civil Service Commissioner agreed on a process to appoint a new Cabinet Secretary.”

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