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<p><del class="ministerial">Between 4<sup>th</sup> July and 4<sup>th</sup> October
2024, the Home Office made 109 appointments by exception to the Civil Service Commission’s
published Recruitment Principles.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The legal requirement
for appointment to the Civil Service (CS) is for selection to be made on merit based
on fair and open competition. Under section 12 of the 2010 Constitutional Reform and
Governance Act, the CS Commission has the power to Except a selection from the requirement
to appoint on Merit based on a fair and open competition. This must either be justified
by the needs of the CS or be necessary to enable the CS to participate in a government
employment initiative. Departments must be able to justify why, in any appointment,
it has not been possible to select someone on merit through a fair and open competition.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">The <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcivilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk%2Frecruitment%2Frecruitment-principles%2F&data=05%7C02%7CAndy.Woodgate%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cfd8824215259405d20b208dcd7e78ea3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638622636729754688%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=g8oZ3UDceFyQBfzPdyXdkBBr5RiYWn9N4GVMFlADoW4%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">Civil Service Recruitment Principles</a> set out the circumstances
in which appointments can be made as Exceptions to Fair and Open Merit-based appointments.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">The roles appointed to during the period requested were grades
AA to Grade7. The following Exceptions were used:</del></p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Exception
1 - Temporary appointments</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">Exception 2: Support
for government employment programmes</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">Exception
3: Secondments</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">Exception 5: Former civil servants</del></li><li><del
class="ministerial">Exception 10: Conversion to permanency of suitable candidates
appointed under Exceptions 1 and 2</del></li></ul><p><del class="ministerial">Summary
of salary bands by grade and number of appointments.</del></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial"><strong>GRADE</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>NUMBER</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial"><strong>PAY BAND</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Intern</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£22,446</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del
class="ministerial">AA</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">£22,180 (N), £26,180 (L)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">AO</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">39</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£24,800 (N),
£28,880 (L)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">PO3</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">9</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£24,800 (N), £28,880
(L)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">EO</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£28,000 (N),
£32,000 (L)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">HEO</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£34,350 (N), £38,350
(N)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">SEO</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£41,600 (N), £45,600
(L)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">G7</del></p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£57,000(N), £61,000
(L)</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">N = National, L
= London</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The legal requirement for appointment
to the Civil Service (CS) is for selection to be made on merit based on fair and open
competition. Under section 12 of the 2010 Constitutional Reform and Governance Act,
the CS Commission has the power to except a selection from the requirement to appoint
on merit based on a fair and open competition. This must either be justified by the
needs of the CS or be necessary to enable the CS to participate in a government employment
initiative.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> Departments must be able to justify
why, in any appointment, it has not been possible to select someone on merit through
a fair and open competition. The <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcivilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk%2Frecruitment%2Frecruitment-principles%2F&data=05%7C02%7CAndy.Woodgate%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cfd8824215259405d20b208dcd7e78ea3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638622636729754688%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=g8oZ3UDceFyQBfzPdyXdkBBr5RiYWn9N4GVMFlADoW4%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">Civil Service Recruitment Principles</a> set out the circumstances
in which appointments can be made as Exceptions to Fair and Open Merit-based appointments.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">Between 4<sup>th</sup> July and 4<sup>th</sup> October 2024, the
Home Office made 109 appointments by exception to the Civil Service Commission’s published
Recruitment Principles:</ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">78 were made under
Exception 1 for temporary appointments;</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">27
were made under Exception 10 for conversion to permanency of suitable candidates appointed
under Exception 1 above, and Exception 2 (support for government employment programmes);</ins></li><li><ins
class="ministerial">Two were made under Exception 3 for secondments; and</ins></li><li><ins
class="ministerial">Two were made under Exception 5 for the appointment of former
civil servants.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial">The roles appointed during
the period requested were to grades AA to Grade7. Below is a summary of the salary
bands for these appointments by grade and number of roles.</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"><strong>GRADE</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>NUMBER</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"><strong>PAY BAND</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Intern</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£22,446</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">AA</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">£22,180 (N), £26,180 (L)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">AO</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">39</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£24,800 (N),
£28,880 (L)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">PO3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£24,800 (N), £28,880
(L)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">EO</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£28,000 (N),
£32,000 (L)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">HEO</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£34,350 (N), £38,350
(N)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">SEO</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£41,600 (N), £45,600
(L)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">G7</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£57,000(N), £61,000
(L)</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">N = National, L
= London</ins></p>
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