Question follow-through · 6147
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people, other than special advisers, have been appointed to civil service posts in his Department without open competition since 4 July 2024; what their (a) job titl
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2024 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people, other than special advisers, have been appointed to civil service posts in his Department without open competition since 4 July 2024; what their (a) job titl
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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17 Oct 2024
Answer published
At the delegated grades, the table below shows we have appointed the following since 4 July 2024 to civil service posts in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office without open competition in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles [htt...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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