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Former Ministers and Senior Civil Servants: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on the minimum length of time since leaving government a previous (a) Minister and (b) senior official can be appointed as (i) an Independent Panel Member and (ii) a Se

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 20 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 25 Nov 2024
Answer: 28 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

20 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on the minimum length of time since leaving government a previous (a) Minister and (b) senior official can be appointed as (i) an Independent Panel Member and (ii) a Se
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Cabinet Office has not issued guidance on the composition of Advisory Assessment Panels for public appointments that is specifically in relation to ex-ministers and ex-senior officials becoming panel members. However, the Cabinet Office publishes the ...

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