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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Secondment

Asked by Jon TrickettLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 3 April 2025UIN 36591

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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 sin

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Since July 2024 no staff have been seconded into Defra from the Institute for Economic Affairs, the Policy Exchange, the Adam Smith Institute or Labour Together. The response to the request is Nil staff.

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