Question follow-through · 115431
Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who is responsible for (a) undertaking and (b) overseeing the due diligence process in relation to the appointment of a Cabinet Secretary; and how potential conflicts of interest are managed.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 24 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 9 Apr 2026 · 44 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who is responsible for (a) undertaking and (b) overseeing the due diligence process in relation to the appointment of a Cabinet Secretary; and how potential conflicts of interest are managed.
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Apr 2026
Answer published
I refer to the Gov.uk announcement of the Cabinet Secretary appointment, which said that a due diligence process has also been undertaken by the Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office and the interim Government Chief People Officer. The First Civil Ser...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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