Question follow-through · 36588
Department for Business and Trade: Secondment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many of his Department's officials have been seconded from (a) the Institute for Economic Affairs, (b) the Policy Exchange, (c) the Adam Smith Institute and (d) Labour Together since July 2024.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many of his Department's officials have been seconded from (a) the Institute for Economic Affairs, (b) the Policy Exchange, (c) the Adam Smith Institute and (d) Labour Together since July 2024.
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2025
Answer published
Thank you to my Hon. Friend for his question. I can inform him that the Department for Business and Trade has hosted no secondees from (a) the Institute for Economic Affairs, (b) the Policy Exchange, (c) the Adam Smith Institute and (d) Labour Together si...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Department for Business and Trade: Hakluyt
11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff his Department has seconded from Hakluyt since July 2024.
Oil: Venezuela
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has held discussions with oil companies relating to investment in Venezuela.
Trade Promotion
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department spent in each of the last 3 years on the UK Trade Envoy programme.
Trade Promotion: Official Hospitality
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much money has been spent on hospitality for the UK trade envoy programme in each of the last 3 years.