Editing Civil Service (United Kingdom) (section)

===Civil Service Commissioners===
{{Main|First Civil Service Commissioner}}
The Civil Service Commissioners are not civil servants and are independent of Ministers, they are appointed directly by the Crown under Royal Prerogative and they report annually to the King.<ref name=CSCommission_01>{{cite web|url=http://www.civilservicecommissioners.org/About_us/ |title=Civil Service Commissioners website (About Us) |publisher=Civil Service Commissioners |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914173227/http://www.civilservicecommissioners.org/About_us/ |archive-date=14 September 2008 }}</ref>

Their main role is regarding the recruitment of civil servants. They have the responsibility to ensure that all civil servants are recruited on the "principle of selection on merit on the basis of fair and open competition." They maintain a recruitment code on the interpretation and application of that principle, and approve any exceptions to it. They audit recruitment policies and practices within the Civil Service and approve all appointments to the most senior levels of the Civil Service.<ref name=CSCommission_02>{{cite web|url=http://www.civilservicecommissioners.org/About_us/Code_of_Practice/ |title=Civil Service Commissioners website (Code of Practice) |publisher=Civil Service Commissioners |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509085220/http://www.civilservicecommissioners.org/About_us/Code_of_Practice/ |archive-date=9 May 2008 }}</ref>

The Commissioners also hear and determine appeals in cases of concern about propriety and conscience raised by civil servants under the Civil Service Code which cannot be resolved through internal procedures.<ref name=CSCommission_02/>

Northern Ireland has a separate Commission called the ''Civil Service Commissioners for Northern Ireland'' which has the same role.<ref name=CSCommission_02/><ref name=nics_01>{{cite web|url=http://www.nicscommissioners.org/ |title=Civil Service Commissioners for Northern Ireland | publisher=Civil Service Commissioners for Northern Ireland}}</ref>