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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Secondment

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 6 July 2026UIN 15240

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026, to Question 3350, on Public Appointments, whether the Expert Adviser was seconded when she was previously an adviser in the department on Clean Power 2

Answered by Michael Shanks

The Expert Adviser was appointed to DESNZ as a secondee when working on Clean Power 2030.

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