Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the process is for deciding which public sector jobs are reserved and require British citizenship.

Section 3 of the Civil Service Nationality Rules Guidance sets out the criteria for those posts which are, and those which are capable of being reserved for UK nationals in the Civil Service. Reserved posts are generally those which, due to the sensitive nature of the work, require special allegiance to the Crown such that they can only be held by a UK national. Where a post falls within one of the categories listed in paragraph 3.6. of this guidance, the Minister responsible for the department or agency must consider whether it is necessary to reserve that post for UK nationals only. A small number of public sector bodies are also able to apply the Civil Service Nationality Rules, however the Cabinet Office does not hold information on the extent that these rules are applied in these organisations.