Question follow-through · 4559
Kate Owen
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the terms were for the secondment of Kate Owen as Interim Chief Executive of the Civil Service Commission; and when the secondment will end.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 6 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 12 Sept 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Democracy and constitution
- Propriety and Constitution Group · 9 Sept 2024
- Civil Service Commission: Secondment · 9 Sept 2024
- Civil Service Commission: Conflict of Interests · 9 Sept 2024
- Civil Servants: Recruitment · 18 Oct 2024
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Recorded timeline
6 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the terms were for the secondment of Kate Owen as Interim Chief Executive of the Civil Service Commission; and when the secondment will end.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Sept 2024
Answer published
The published Civil Service Commission 2022/2023 Annual Report shows the current Interim Chief Executive began the role on 15 May 2023. An external recruitment process to appoint a permanent Chief Executive was launched in May 2024 and is expected to conc...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Emigration
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