Question follow-through · 4898
Civil Service Commission: Conflict of Interests
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what policies the Civil Service Commission has in place to avoid conflicts of interest when investigating its sponsoring department.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 12 Sept 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what policies the Civil Service Commission has in place to avoid conflicts of interest when investigating its sponsoring department.
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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12 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is an executive non-departmental public body established in statute by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (2010) to provide assurance that civil servants are selected on merit on the basis of fair and open comp...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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