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...