Question follow-through · 89848
Ministry of Defence: Secondment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that families of staff seconded to his Department's non-departmental public bodies receive the same recognition of ordinary residence as direct employees of his Department
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 17 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that families of staff seconded to his Department's non-departmental public bodies receive the same recognition of ordinary residence as direct employees of his Department
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence has no such plans as Non-Departmental Public Bodies have delegated authority over their HR policies, including the management of secondees.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Armed Forces: Suicide
16 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to publishing annual data on suicides among armed forces veterans.