Northern Ireland Office: Secondment

(asked on 21st October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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.


Answered by
Sarah Owen Portrait
Sarah Owen
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)
This question was answered on 30th October 2026

Since July 2024, organisations that have had Northern Ireland Office Civil Servants seconded to them, and seconded organisational staff to the department are:

Seconded from the Northern Ireland Office to:

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Department of Health (DOH)

Department of Justice (DOJ)

Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner's Office

Office of the Civil Service Commissioners

Security Industry Authority

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

Independent Reporting Commission (IRC)

Seconded to the Northern Ireland Office:

Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS)

A number of loan arrangements were also made.

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