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Scotland Office: Hakluyt

Asked by Jon TrickettLabourScotland OfficeTabled Answered 18 March 2025UIN 37130

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff their Department has seconded from Hakluyt since July 2024.

Answered by Ian Murray

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.

No officials in the Scotland Office have been seconded from Hakluyt since July 2024.

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