The appointment and dismissal of permanent secretaries and other senior civil servants
Inquiry by the Constitution Committee, 27 February 2023 to 9 May 2024. Its page on the Parliament website.
Reports and responses
- 17th Report - Permanent secretaries: their appointment and removal (20 October 2023)
- Government response to the Committee's report on Permanent secretaries: their appointment and removal (15 January 2024) (24 January 2024)
Evidence sessions
- 22 March 2023: Alex Thomas, Institute for Government; Jill Rutter, Institute for Government; Jill Rutter, UK in a Changing Europe
- 29 March 2023: Professor Dennis Grube, University of Cambridge; Professor Dennis Grube, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
- 19 April 2023: Dr Conor Casey, School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool; Yuan Yi Zhu, Leiden University; Yuan Yi Zhu, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford; Yuan Yi Zhu, Policy Exchange
- 26 April 2023: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court, HM Treasury; Baroness Prashar, Civil Service Commission; Lord Sedwill, Cabinet Office; Lord Sedwill, Home Office
- 3 May 2023: Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston, Civil Service Commission
- 7 June 2023: Lord Maude of Horsham
- 18 July 2023: Jeremy Quin, Cabinet Office; Simon Case, Cabinet Office