Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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 maintained a dedicated delivery function for more than 10 years. Within the existing delivery unit, there are:

• zero Special Advisers;
• one Direct Ministerial Appointment;
• two civil servants appointed by exception; and
• 15 permanent civil servants appointed through open competition.