Question follow-through · 6121
Department for Work and Pensions: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) direct ministerial and (b) other public appointments to her Department and associated bodies have (i) been (A) removed from their posts and (B) asked to resign and (ii) made since 4 July 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2024 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) direct ministerial and (b) other public appointments to her Department and associated bodies have (i) been (A) removed from their posts and (B) asked to resign and (ii) made since 4 July 2024.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2024
Answer published
(i) The Department does not routinely record and collect the reasons why appointees leave their positions. Additionally, the reasons why an appointee has left their role is the appointee’s personal information and identifiable and would elicit GDPR consid...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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