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Civil Service Commission: Conflict of Interests

Commons · Question 20855 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Mike Wood

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who exercises the Chief Executive of the Civil Service Commission 's delegated regulatory powers where the Chief Executive has a conflict of interest.

Answer

Answered by Mark Ferguson, 8 Sep 2026

The Civil Service Commission is operationally independent. Regulatory powers delegated to the Chief Executive can alternatively be exercised by Commissioners or by other members of Commission staff, in line with Paragraph 14, Schedule 1 of the Constitutio...