Question follow-through · 58013
Prime Minister: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Director of Policy, Delivery and Innovation is a (a) special adviser, (b) direct ministerial appointment or (c) member of the Number 10 Political Office.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 6 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Director of Policy, Delivery and Innovation is a (a) special adviser, (b) direct ministerial appointment or (c) member of the Number 10 Political Office.
10 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Director of Policy, Delivery and Innovation is a special adviser. A list of special advisers is published as part of the Annual Report on Special Advisers by the Cabinet Office on gov.uk. The next report will be published in due course.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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