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Cabinet Office: Secondment

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 20 November 2025UIN 90240

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of (a) inward and (b) outward secondments by (i) Department, (ii) grade and (iii) external body.

Answered by Anna Turley

Secondments into the Civil Service from other sectors are a key route to bring essential skills and experience into the right roles and teams, enabling talented individuals from outside the Civil Service to contribute to the work of Government by sharing critical capabilities and innovative thinking for a set period of time.

The secondments data commission provides insight on inward and outward secondments taking place across government. The Cabinet Office has worked closely with departments to improve the amount, detail and quality of the data available. The limited number of records/data sets makes the data personally identifiable information, therefore it will not be possible to publish this data.

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