Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2019 to Question 216426 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Secondment, for what reasons he did not specify in that answer when the number of staff who are being seconded to that Department to work on programmes related to the UK leaving the EU will be determined.

The Department for Education (DfE) is working closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to manage the secondment of some DfE staff to support EU exit work. This includes determining final numbers, which depends in part on whether DEFRA fill vacancies through other routes.