Question follow-through · 8933
Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department provides on taking factors other than merit into consideration when it comes to civil service (a) appointments and (b) promotions.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department provides on taking factors other than merit into consideration when it comes to civil service (a) appointments and (b) promotions.
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2026
Answer published
Appointments and promotions in the Cabinet Office are based on the principle of merit. This is required for all external appointments and substantive promotions in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles. Internal recruitment and temporary prom...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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