Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to Question 20855, on Civil Service Commission: Conflict of Interests, whether the Civil Service Commission has made an assessment of whether any of its statutory functions are incapable of delegation by the Commissioners.

Paragraph 14, Schedule 1 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 sets out that the Civil Service Commission may delegate functions to any of its members, committees, employees, or a person with whom arrangements are made in line with the Act. The Commission is operationally independent and its staff, including the Chief Executive, act in accordance with its legislation and under the direction of the independent First Civil Service Commissioner and the other Commissioners.