Question follow-through · 6109
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many people have been appointed to civil service positions without open competition in his Department since the general election; what their (a) job titles and (b) salary bands are;
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 18 Oct 2024 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many people have been appointed to civil service positions without open competition in his Department since the general election; what their (a) job titles and (b) salary bands are;
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 requires that selection to the Civil Service must be on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition. There may be instances where a role may meet the requirements for use of a Civil Service Commission...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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