Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service Commission publication entitled 2023/24 Exceptions at and above Payband 2, for what reason the Exception Used for Nick Joicey was Paragraph 100 of Recruitment Principles.

Under Section 12 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) has the power to except a selection of appointments from the requirement that recruitment into the Civil Service takes place ‘on merit on the basis of fair and open competition’. The vast majority of appointments are made under one of the ten exception categories outlined in the Recruitment Principles (2018).

This appointment required the approval of the Civil Service Commission in accordance with the Senior Appointments Protocol for appointments at SCS Pay Band 3. Paragraph 100 was used because the appointment was an internal move.