Question follow-through · 21094

Department for Work and Pensions: Secondment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
14 Sept 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Response to Q (a) – DWP staff seconded out to:Organisation Seconded ToBritish Broadcasting CorporationBritish Indian Ocean Territory AdministrationDumfries and Galloway CouncilDWP P&C CLTGreater London AuthorityGreater Manchester Combined AuthorityHS2...

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