Recommendation 13

The Cabinet Office told us that it does not have a central list of how many unregulated appointments there are.20 It said that it does not currently have central oversight of any aspect on unregulated appointments and it is not mandatory for departments to put unregulated appointments on to its new applicant tracking system.21 It stated that it would imagine that as its new applicant tracking system matures departments will start to use it for unregulated appointments, noting that 127 unregulated appointments had already 15 C&AG’s Report, paras 3.3–3.5 16 C&AG‘s Report, para 3.9 17 Q 90 18 C&AG’s Report, paras 1.2, 1.3 19 Qq 6, 9 20 Q 25 21 Qq 26, 40 12 Non-executive appointments been run through the system since April 2023. The Cabinet Office told us that, as more departments use the system for unregulated appointments, it should start to build up a picture centrally of unregulated appointments.22