Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 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.

The department has not appointed any Delivery Advisers through either a (a) special adviser, (b) Direct Ministerial Appointments, (c) Civil Servants appointed by exception, and (d) permanent Civil Servants appointed through open competition in the time since the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister address to the FDA Union of 15 May 2026.

A list of special advisers is published each year in the Annual Report on Special Advisers.