Question follow-through · 20872
Department of Health and Social Care: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Civil Service job advert, Press Secretary to the Secretary of State Department of Health and Social Care, Reference number 475472, for what reason the length of employment is
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 22 Sept 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Civil Service job advert, Press Secretary to the Secretary of State Department of Health and Social Care, Reference number 475472, for what reason the length of employment is
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Sept 2026
Answer published
The post in question has been advertised on exactly the same basis as the last time the role was filled in Summer 2024.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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