Question follow-through · 15190
Special Advisers: Vetting
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to section 6b of the Special Adviser Model Contract, last updated on 29 July 2024, how many special advisers have had their contracts terminated during their probationary period because they did n
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 20 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 26 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to section 6b of the Special Adviser Model Contract, last updated on 29 July 2024, how many special advisers have had their contracts terminated during their probationary period because they did n
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Nov 2024
Answer published
All special adviser appointments are made in line with the terms of the Model Contract for Special Advisers. It is longstanding practice not to comment on HR matters.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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