Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many exceptions to the legal requirements set out in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles there have been since 2010; and to which appointments those exceptions applied.

The Commission gathers information on the use of exceptions from departments annually. This is available at: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/appointments-exception-scs-pay-band-2-2/