Question follow-through · 17545

Prime Minister: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for which public appointments the Prime Minister is directly responsible.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
3 Dec 2024
Target answer date
5 Dec 2024
Answer
11 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for which public appointments the Prime Minister is directly responsible.

  2. 5 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Prime Minister is directly responsible for public appointments to 61 bodies and offices across government departments. Individual appointments made by the Prime Minister are publicly announced at the time of appointment.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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