Question follow-through · 118205

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many job advertisements were published on the Civil Service jobs website in 2025 which were (a) available on public website and (b) only available to Civil Services within the passworded website.

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
9 Mar 2026
Answer
9 Apr 2026 · 35 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many job advertisements were published on the Civil Service jobs website in 2025 which were (a) available on public website and (b) only available to Civil Services within the passworded website.

  2. 9 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    In 2025, there were 45,566 job adverts published on Civil Service Jobs. Of these, 24,865 (54.6%) were available to the public. The remaining 20,701 (45.4%) were advised internally and/or cross-government, meaning they were available only to existing civil...

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