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Department of Health and Social Care: Civil Servants

Commons · Question 2936 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Victoria Atkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants who are not special advisers he has appointed without open competition since the general election.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 Sep 2024

The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 sets out the requirement for the Civil Service Commission to establish recruitment principles which departments must follow. The Recruitment Principles 2018 provide the legal requirement for the selection ...