Written questions

Public Appointments: Political Impartiality

2026-05-29 · Cabinet Office · 4218 · Official question

Mike Wood

Question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 18 February 2026, to Question HL13979, on Public Appointments: Political Impartiality, if he will place in the Library a copy of the political affiliation limited dataset used by

Answer

The Cabinet Office does not hold the final dataset used by the Commissioner for Public Appointments in his 2024-25 Annual Report. The Commissioner for Public Appointments is independent of Government.