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Cabinet Office: Secondment

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 12 May 2025UIN 49760

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6083 on Civil Servants: Secondment, whether his Department's HR are informed when an individual is seconded to the Cabinet Office.

Answered by Georgia Gould

Secondments are arranged at a Business Unit level and must follow the processes as set out in the Civil Service Recruitment Principles. There are mechanisms in place for business units to notify the department's HR as necessary.

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