§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether any new appointees to the Civil Service in any part of the United Kingdom are required to take an oath of allegiance; if so, which parts of the Civil Service require this; who they require to take this; and to whom it is made. [HL1116]
§ The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Macdonald of Tradeston)Under the terms of the Civil Service Code, members of the Home Civil Service owe their loyalty to the administration in which they serve.
No civil servant in the UK is required to take an oath of allegiance.