Question follow-through · 22453
Permanent Secretaries: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 60 of the Government response to the 17th Report of Session 2022-23 of the House of Lords Constitution Committee, Permanent Secretaries: their appointment and removal, HL 258, publish
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 60 of the Government response to the 17th Report of Session 2022-23 of the House of Lords Constitution Committee, Permanent Secretaries: their appointment and removal, HL 258, publish
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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15 Jan 2025
Answer published
I refer to the answer to PQ 14099.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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