Question follow-through · 16365
Ministry of Justice: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, other than special advisers if his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, other than special advisers if his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2026
Answer published
Since 1 July 2024, Ministers in the Ministry of Justice have made around 800 public appointments and 35 direct ministerial appointments. Recruitment processes for public appointment roles complied with the Government’s Governance Code on Public Appointmen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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