Question follow-through · 15923
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 6 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Agency Workers · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
6 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2026
Answer published
Since July 2024, 146 public appointments have been made to DCMS public bodies. All have been announced publicly on the gov.uk website.In the same time period, 18 direct ministerial appointments have been made, which have been publicly announced, including...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Agency Workers
13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.