Question follow-through · 19282

Department for Business and Trade: Senior Civil Servants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many applications his Department received for the Second Permanent Secretary for European Union and International Economic Affairs role advertised in November 2024.

answeredCabinet Office

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many applications his Department received for the Second Permanent Secretary for European Union and International Economic Affairs role advertised in November 2024.

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Applications have closed for the Cabinet Office Second Permanent Secretary for European Union and International Economic Affairs role. As was practice under the previous administration we do not comment on competitions underway.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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