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Ministry of Defence: Secondment

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 21121

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the names of the organisations that have (a) had departmental Civil Servants seconded to them since July 2024, and (b) seconded organisational staff to the department, excluding secondments involving the UK Armed Forces.

Answered by Ministry of Defence

Since 1 July 2024, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has seconded civilian staff to the following three organisations:

· Unite the Union

· The Manufacturing Technology Centre Limited

· Land Accident Investigation Bureau, Australian Defence Force

The MOD has received civilian secondees from the following 30 organisations since 1 July 2024:

· ASA

· Astroscale

· AUKUS

· Australian Submarine Agency

· AWE

· BAE Systems

· Canterbury Christchurch University

· Civica

· DCMH Woolwich

· Doctorate in Clinical Psychology(CP) Programme,KCL

· DXC

· Energus

· Energy, Safety and Risk Consultants (UK) Ltd

· Frazer Nash Consultancy

· Greater London Authority

· Leonardo

· MBDA UK Ltd

· NHS

· Nova Systems

· Nuclear Powered Submarine Regulatory Design Team (Australian Government Org)

· PA Consulting

· QINETIQ

· Rolls-Royce

· Spectra Group (UK) Limited

· Tees Esk & Weir Valley NHS Trust (TEWV)

· Telespazio

· Thales

· University Of Bangor

· University of Bath

· University of Liverpool

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