Question follow-through · 113122
Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what advice the Civil Service Commission provides on departures and appointments of Cabinet Secretaries.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 9 Apr 2026 · 56 calendar days after tabling
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12 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what advice the Civil Service Commission provides on departures and appointments of Cabinet Secretaries.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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9 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Cabinet Manual, sets out that the Cabinet Secretary is appointed by the Prime Minister on the advice of the First Civil Service Commissioner. In the Government response to the House of Lords Constitution Committee report into the appointment and remov...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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