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Cabinet Office: Civil Servants

Asked by Alex BurghartConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 8 July 2026UIN 15417

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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026, to Question 12790, on Civil Service: Dual Nationals, and to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 13160, on Cabinet office: Civil Servants, for what reasons the posts in

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The majority of posts in the EU Relations Secretariat are not in the categories capable of being reserved for UK nationals, as specified in Section 3 of the Civil Service Nationality Rules.

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