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Department for Education: Special Advisers

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 24138

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to the answer of 3 June 2026, to Question 3339, on Special Advisers: Public Appointments, how many delivery advisers have been appointed to date, broken down by (a) special advisers, (b) Direct Ministerial Appointments, (c) civil servants appointed by exception, and (d) permanent civil servants appointed through open competition.

Answered by Department for Education

A list of special advisers is published each year in the Annual Report on Special Advisers.

The department has made one direct ministerial appointment.

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