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Public Appointments: Retirement

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 18 March 2026UIN 118526

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will introduce a mandatory retirement age for (a) regulated public appointments and (b) direct ministerial appointments.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

Departments follow published guidance when making regulated public appointments and direct ministerial appointments:

  1. The “Governance Code on Public Appointments” sets out the process for making Public Appointments and includes the principle of appointment on merit.

  1. The “Guidance on making Direct Ministerial Appointments” explains the processes departments should follow when making a Direct Ministerial Appointment.

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