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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Hakluyt

Asked by Jon TrickettLabourDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 18 March 2025UIN 37121

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many staff his Department has seconded from Hakluyt since July 2024.

Answered by Feryal Clark

Secondments are 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.

Since July 2024, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has had no secondees from Hakluyt.

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