Question follow-through · 50576
Cabinet Office: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many roles in his Department were (a) externally advertised and (b) subject to open competition since 30 May 2024; and how many senior civil servants have been appointed without external advertisement and op
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 7 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 15 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many roles in his Department were (a) externally advertised and (b) subject to open competition since 30 May 2024; and how many senior civil servants have been appointed without external advertisement and op
12 May 2025
Target answer date
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15 May 2025
Answer published
Substantive appointments and promotions to or within Senior Civil Service (SCS) grades at Cabinet Office have to be through fair and open competition. Between 30 May 2024 and 30 April 2025, the Cabinet Office advertised 19 SCS roles through fair and open ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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