Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter from the First Civil Service Commissioner of 30 August 2024 to Heads of Department on the review of appointments made by exception at delegated grades, when he expects the Commission to complete that review; and if he will publish the data gathered form departments as part of that review.

The timing and publication of the review are matters for the Civil Service Commission, which is operationally independent of the Cabinet Office.