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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Secondment

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 3 April 2025.

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Photo of Jon Trickett Jon Trickett Labour, Normanton and Hemsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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.

Photo of Daniel Zeichner Daniel Zeichner The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Since July 2024 no staff have been seconded into Defra from the Institute for Economic Affairs, the Policy Exchange, the Adam Smith Institute or Labour Together. The response to the request is Nil staff.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 3 April 2025, cW)

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