Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.

The Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. These reports are available in the Library of the House. It would not be appropriate to publish details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are so small.