Question follow-through · 15356
Public Appointments: Business Interests
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 20 March 2026, to Question 119894, on Gambling Commission: Managers, if he will make it his policy to ask the Civil Service Commission to review the business appointment provision
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 2 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jul 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 20 March 2026, to Question 119894, on Gambling Commission: Managers, if he will make it his policy to ask the Civil Service Commission to review the business appointment provision
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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13 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government currently has no plans to ask the Civil Service Commission to do so. The independent Civil Service Commission regulates recruitment into the Civil Service, and provides advice under the Business Appointment Rules for civil servants at SCS P...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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