Written question asked by Luke Pollard (Labour) on Monday, 19 February 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 February 2018. It was answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 February 2018 on behalf of the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister: Former Members
- Question
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To ask the Prime Minister, how many former Conservative Members of Parliament who were defeated at the general election 2017 and who now work in her Office were appointed after a publicly advertised and open recruitment process.
- Answer
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Special advisers are appointed in accordance with the rules on the appointment of Special Advisers set out in the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, and in line with the Ministerial Code and the Special Adviser Code of Conduct.
A named list of all special advisers was published in December, as per the Written Ministerial Statement of 14 December 2017, Official Report, HCWS352. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-adviser-data-releases-numbers-and-costs-december-2017
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 127880
- Session
- 2017-19
- Related items
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Government accountability and transparency
Thursday, 14 December 2017
Written statements
House of Commons
- Subjects
- Prime Minister Recruitment Former members Conservative
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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