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Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the (a) Civil Service Commission, (b) Cabinet Office Ethics and Propriety Team and (c) Cabinet Secretary has given to (i) Ministers and (ii) Permanent Secretaries and Accounting Officers on (1) the

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
8 Oct 2024
Answer
14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the (a) Civil Service Commission, (b) Cabinet Office Ethics and Propriety Team and (c) Cabinet Secretary has given to (i) Ministers and (ii) Permanent Secretaries and Accounting Officers on (1) the

  2. 8 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Civil Service Recruitment Principles set out the parameters for ministerial involvement in Civil Service appointments. These have not changed since the Rt Hon member was a minister in the department. In August 2024, the First Civil Service Commissione...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Ministers: Corporate Hospitality

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues on the circumstances in which hospitality received by Ministers at party conferences should be declared.

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Special Advisers: Lobbying

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that consultant lobbying with special advisers is recorded by the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists.

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Prime Minister: Aviation

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Political Parties: Donors

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 2872 on Political Parties: Donors, whether transparency data will include ministerial meetings with Lord Alli.

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Ministers: Members' Interests

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 2870, what guidance his Department issues for Ministers on the prevention of potential (a) conflicts of interest and (b) perceived conflicts of interest.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Advisers: Pay

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 September 2024 to Question 5037 Special Advisers: Pay, if he will place a copy of the (a) special adviser pay framework and (b) associated documentation in the Library.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Propriety and Constitution Group: Recruitment

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4638, whether he plans to provide details of that individual's (a) name and (b) position in the next edition of his Department's organogram published on go

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prime Minister: Senior Civil Servants

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the appointment of the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister was by open and fair competition.

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Special Advisers: Workplace Pensions

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether people in receipt of a Civil Service pension who then re-join as a special adviser are subject to abatement.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Advisers: Pay

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Special Adviser Remuneration Committee has met to (a) set policy, (a) amend the framework and (c) make individual decisions on special adviser pay since the general election.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Advisers Remuneration Committee

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