Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment
Lords · Question HL3030 · Tabled 2 Sep 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 24 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of appointments to the Senior Civil Service since 1 April 2026 have been made to candidates whose principal previous employment was (1) elsewhere in the Civil Service, (2) the wider public sector, and (3) th
Answer
Answered by Baroness Twycross, 24 Sep 2026
Cabinet Office does not yet hold data centrally for Senior Civil Service entrants after 1st April 2026, though individual departments may hold this data for their own Senior Civil Servants. The following table shows the proportion of centrally-managed Sen...