| Heading: |
Permanent Secretaries: Conditions of Employment |
| Question ID: |
1790763 |
| UIN: |
42816 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-31 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4813 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Richard Holden
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| Asking Member handle: |
RicHolden
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@RicHolden
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) Permanent Secretaries and (b) Second Permanent Secretaries are employed on fixed term contracts. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5305 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Georgia Gould
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| Answering Member handle: |
georgia_gould
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@georgia_gould
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
The majority of Permanent Secretaries (First and Second) are permanent civil servants, on permanent contracts. Exceptionally, fixed term contracts may be offered to external candidates, for example in the case of specialist roles. When appointed to a Perm... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
53 |
| Answering body name: |
Cabinet Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |