Question follow-through · 12925

Civil Servants: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments considers direct ministerial appointments from the civil service.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 6 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 11 Nov 2024
Answer: 13 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments considers direct ministerial appointments from the civil service.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) provides advice on applications from former ministers and the most senior Crown servants taking up appointments or employment outside of government. As was the case under the previous administration ...

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