{"value":{"id":1169900,"askingMemberId":2569,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-01-09T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-01-23T00:00:00","uin":"HL256","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the email account ideasfornumber10@gmail.com has been approved as an official means of recruiting staff to work as special advisers or civil servants; and what are the approved person specifications for the “super-talented weirdos” and “misfits with odd skills” who are invited to apply.","answeringBodyId":53,"answeringBodyName":"Cabinet Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":2000,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-01-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The blog invites people to get in touch to discuss opportunities. The blog post does not set out proposed recruitment processes.</p><p>Recruitment to the Civil Service is through fair and open competition following section 10 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act.</p><p>Special Adviser appointments are made by Ministers in accordance with section 15 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Prime Minister: Recruitment","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1169900","method":"GET"}]}