Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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.

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

No delivery advisers have been appointed by Direct Ministerial Appointment.

Data on civil servants appointed by exception and permanent civil servants appointed through open competition is not held.