Question follow-through · 12051
Department for Business and Trade: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many political appointees have been made by his Department since July 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Economy and business
- Department for Business and Trade: Recruitment · 3 Jul 2026
- Department for Business and Trade: Staff · 7 Jul 2026
- Department for Business and Trade: Agency Workers · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many political appointees have been made by his Department since July 2024.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2026
Answer published
We have taken ‘political appointees’ to mean special advisers. A list of special advisers by department is published each year in the Annual Report on Special Advisers which is laid in parliament. The Annual Report on Special Advisers 2026 will be publish...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Department for Business and Trade: Recruitment
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department uses numerical reasoning tests as part of the recruitment process for its graduate recruitment scheme.
Department for Business and Trade: Staff
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has appointed staff from outside the civil service other than special advisers since July 2024.
Department for Business and Trade: Agency Workers
13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last three years.