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Department for Business and Trade: Secondment

Asked by Jon TrickettLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 19 March 2025UIN 36588

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many of his Department's officials have been seconded from (a) the Institute for Economic Affairs, (b) the Policy Exchange, (c) the Adam Smith Institute and (d) Labour Together since July 2024.

Answered by Justin Madders

Thank you to my Hon. Friend for his question. I can inform him that the Department for Business and Trade has hosted no secondees from (a) the Institute for Economic Affairs, (b) the Policy Exchange, (c) the Adam Smith Institute and (d) Labour Together since July 2024.

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