Written questions

Government Departments: Recruitment

Lords · Question HL15206 · Tabled 4 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 24 February (HL14386), how they will monitor whether individual departments and agencies change their hiring procedures and practices to place greater

Answer

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, 18 Mar 2026

Departments and agencies have delegated authority to determine their own practices and procedures for the recruitment of staff to the Civil Service, including the Senior Civil Service (SCS), as outlined in the Civil Service Management Code. The Government...