Question follow-through · 15240
Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2024 to Question 5742 on Civil Servants, whether his Department has a policy on recruitment to the civil service in advance of the spending review.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 20 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2024 to Question 5742 on Civil Servants, whether his Department has a policy on recruitment to the civil service in advance of the spending review.
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Government is committed to delivering value for money for the taxpayer. In the Budget, the Chancellor announced a 2% productivity, efficiency, and savings target for all government departments. Decisions on the future size of the Civil Service will fo...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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