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Public Appointments: Political Impartiality

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 3 June 2026UIN 4218

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 18 February 2026, to Question HL13979, on Public Appointments: Political Impartiality, if he will place in the Library a copy of the political affiliation limited dataset used by

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The Cabinet Office does not hold the final dataset used by the Commissioner for Public Appointments in his 2024-25 Annual Report. The Commissioner for Public Appointments is independent of Government.

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