Question follow-through · 41944
Department for Work and Pensions: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average non-salary recruitment cost is for a civil servant in her Department at Executive Officer grade.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 27 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 3 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average non-salary recruitment cost is for a civil servant in her Department at Executive Officer grade.
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Average non salary recruitment cost for a civil servant at Executive Officer grade is £1,202.60.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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