Question follow-through · 76676
Government Communication Service: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will set out the appointment process for the Permanent Secretary, Director of Government Communications.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2025 · 34 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will set out the appointment process for the Permanent Secretary, Director of Government Communications.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2025
Answer published
The appointment process for the Director of Government Communications followed the process for Permanent Secretary recruitment set out in the Civil Service Recruitment Principles (here, paragraphs 44 - 47). The role was advertised on Civil Service Jobs fr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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