EXCEPTIONS TO SELECTION FOR

APPOINTMENT ON MERIT ON THE

BASIS OF FAIR AND OPEN
COMPETITION

Excepti
ons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL NOTES
Department
Treasury Solicitors
Department may
Attorney General Unknown hold information
Has not made any
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 0 such appointments
Cabinet Office (includes Leader of House of
Commons) 30 30
Communities and Local Government 4 4
Appointment of a
Minister's diary
DCMS 1 1 secretary
Not
Ministry of Defence responded
Department for Education 1 1 2
Refused on grounds
of disproportionate
Department of Energy and Climate Change Unknown cost
Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs 14 2 16
3
HM Treasury 40 0 70
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 3 4 7
67 Staff were also
transferred into the
department from the
Food Standards
Department of Health 1 1 1 1 4 Agency
Refused to provide a
precise breakdown
as it could identify
Home Office 12 individuals
Were used to cover
maternity leave and
Department for International Development 3 3 staffing gaps
 However, 761 staff
have been employed
on temporary or
short term contracts
since 12 May
(including the
National Offender
Management
Department of Justice Unknown Service)
No such
Northern Ireland Office 0 appointments made
Advised to contact
Scotland Office Unknown Ministry of Justice

Not
Department for Transport responded
Advised to contact
Wales Office Unknown Ministry of Justice
Department for Work and Pensions 114 3 117
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