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Cabinet Office: Secondment

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 26 June 2026UIN 6435

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which organisations have (a) had departmental Civil Servants seconded to them and (b) seconded organisational staff to his Department since July 2024 .

Answered by Satvir Kaur

Secondments are part of a range of ways of bringing talent and experience into the civil service for short periods of time and have been used by successive governments.

Secondments are arranged at a business unit level and must follow the processes as set out in the Civil Service Recruitment Principles.

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