Question follow-through · 93854
Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether applicants for Civil Service jobs have to declare any previous dismissals from the Civil Service as a result of misconduct or performance on their application.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 24 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether applicants for Civil Service jobs have to declare any previous dismissals from the Civil Service as a result of misconduct or performance on their application.
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Civil Service expects all applicants to maintain the highest standards of honesty and integrity throughout the recruitment process. Successful applicants are required to provide a complete and accurate employment history. Departments are responsible f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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