Civil Service: Recruitment

Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 9 September 2024.

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Photo of Andrew Griffith Andrew Griffith Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions have taken place at (a) official and (b) ministerial level between the Propriety and Constitution Group and the Civil Service Commission (CSC) on the establishment of the CSC’s review of appointments made by exception at delegated grades since 1 July 2024.

Photo of Georgia Gould Georgia Gould The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office

The Civil Service Commission is the independent regulator of Civil Service recruitment and carries out its functions independently of Government and in line with the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.

On Friday 30 August the Civil Service Commissioner wrote to departments, including the CO, to say that they would carry out a short review of appointments made by exception since 1 July.

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