| Heading: |
Civil Servants: Political Impartiality |
| Question ID: |
1812048 |
| UIN: |
59422 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4475 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Suella Braverman
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| Asking Member handle: |
suellabraverman
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@suellabraverman
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of how to improve civil service compliance with strict impartiality in (a) recruitment and (b) retention. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-20 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5305 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Georgia Gould
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| Answering Member handle: |
georgia_gould
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@georgia_gould
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles explain the legal requirement that selection for appointment to the Civil Service must be on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. The Civil Service takes adherence to these principles very ... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
53 |
| Answering body name: |
Cabinet Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |