Question follow-through · 7140
Public Appointments: Retirement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 123213 on Peers: Recruitment, whether a mandatory retirement age will be applied to direct ministerial appointments.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 5 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 123213 on Peers: Recruitment, whether a mandatory retirement age will be applied to direct ministerial appointments.
9 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2026
Answer published
Direct ministerial appointees are public office holders and are therefore not employees. Their terms of engagement make clear that there is no construed contract of employment between an appointee and their appointing body. As such, typical conditions and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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