Cabinet Office: Recruitment
Commons · Question 121755 · Tabled 18 Mar 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Mike Wood
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 117004, whether those provisions applied to the recent Cabinet Secretary recruitment process.
Answer
Answered by Satvir Kaur, 16 Apr 2026
I refer to my answer 115556, the Cabinet Manual sets out that the Cabinet Secretary is appointed directly by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister receives advice from the First Civil Service Commissioner, but is the final decision maker. The announcemen...