Question follow-through · 4241

Department for Education: Secondment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she 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.

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
16 Jun 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she 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.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Since July 2024, the department has seconded staff to a number of external organisations. In a small number of cases involving unpaid secondments, records do not include the name of the host organisation. Staff have been seconded to the following organisa...

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