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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Secondment

Asked by Jon TrickettLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 18 March 2025UIN 36598

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of their 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 Alex Norris

Secondments is one way of bringing talent and experience into the civil service for short periods of time and has been used by successive governments. Secondments are arranged at a business unit level and data is held at Business Unit Level.

There have been no secondments from any of the quoted organisations into the Department since July 2024.

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