Question follow-through · 6120
Department for Work and Pensions: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of people that have been appointed to posts in her Department, other than special advisers, who have (a) worked for and (b) been seconded to (i) the L
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of people that have been appointed to posts in her Department, other than special advisers, who have (a) worked for and (b) been seconded to (i) the L
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Department for Work and Pensions does not keep a list of the former employment of each of its civil servants.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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