Scotland Office: Public Appointments

(asked on 30th June 2026) - View Source

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many political appointees have been made by his Department since July 2024.


Answered by
Kirsty McNeill Portrait
Kirsty McNeill
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 7th July 2026

We have taken ‘political appointees’ to mean special advisers. A list of special advisers by department is published each year in the Annual Report on Special Advisers which is laid in parliament. The Annual Report on Special Advisers 2026 will be published in due course.

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