Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions 10 Downing Street has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.

The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.

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, by Department, details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are so small.