Question follow-through · 6077

Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether direct ministerial appointments by departmental Ministers require the prior approval of 10 Downing Street.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 4 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 8 Oct 2024
Answer: 21 Oct 2024 · 17 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether direct ministerial appointments by departmental Ministers require the prior approval of 10 Downing Street.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2024
Answer published
As was the case under the last administration, Number 10 should be consulted before a direct ministerial appointment is entered into.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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