Treasury: Special Advisers

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the answer of 3 June 2026, to Question 3339, on Special Advisers: Public Appointments, how many delivery advisers have been appointed to date, broken down by (a) special advisers, (b) Direct Ministerial Appointments, (c) civil servants appointed by exception, and (d) permanent civil servants appointed through open competition.


Answered by
Dan Tomlinson Portrait
Dan Tomlinson
Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 22nd September 2026

Details of all our special advisers are published by the Cabinet Office via its Annual Report on Special Advisers (the latest report from July 2026 avaialble via https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a6b4cbf862aaf18d9c62a50/Annual_Report_on_Special_Advisers_2026__1_.pdf , details of all Direct Ministerial Appointments are available via the gov.uk DMA announcement portal via https://apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/direct-ministerial-appointments-announcements

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