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Civil Servants: Recruitment

Commons · Question 20840 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 24 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Mike Wood

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the letter from the First Civil Service Commissioner to Permanent Secretaries dated 22 June 2026, and the letter to the Home Office of 22 June 2026, how many times Special Advisers met candidates duri

Answer

Answered by Mark Ferguson, 24 Sep 2026

It would not be appropriate to comment on individual matters. As set out in the First Civil Service Commissioner's letter to the Home Office of 22 June 2026, the case will be recorded in the Commission’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2026/27 and in the H...