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Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 14 July 2026UIN 15353

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 108235, on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, how many of the 90 SCS roles which were not recruited externally, broken down by pay band, were in his Department.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

The table below provides provisional offers made by Cabinet Office, broken down by grade for the Senior Civil Service (SCS) roles referenced in our previous response, covering the period from January 1 2025 to December 31 2025:

Grade

Offers Made

SCS Pay Band 1

9

SCS Pay Band 2

3

SCS Pay Band 3

2

SCS Pay Band 4

0

Grand Total

14

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