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Department of Health and Social Care: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many political appointees have been made by his Department since July 2024.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
1 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many political appointees have been made by his Department since July 2024.

  2. 29 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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