Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 23 March 2026.
John Hayes
Conservative, South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Samantha Dixon
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Civil Service recruitment must follow the rules set out in legislation within the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which outlines the requirements to ensure that civil servants are recruited on merit, via fair and open competition.
Compliance with CRaGA is overseen by the independent Civil Service Commission, which publishes Recruitment Principles setting out the detailed rules departments must follow.
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