Question follow-through · 92372

Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department provides on financial settlements for public appointments that are cancelled or withdrawn.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
20 Nov 2025
Answer
25 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department provides on financial settlements for public appointments that are cancelled or withdrawn.

  2. 20 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    There are a wide variety of public appointments which are made by Ministers. A person appointed to such a position is an office holder, whose appointment is defined by the office itself, not a contract. An office holder’s terms of engagement will set out ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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