questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many political appointees have been made by his Department since July 2024.
answerText: 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 publish...
heading: Department for Work and Pensions: Public Appointments