Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department were seconded to other Departments in each since year since 2019.
The below table details the number of civil servants (CS) on loan to other government departments for each year since 2019.
Calendar year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 to date |
Number of CS | 1,392 | 1,447 | 1,567 | 1,098 | 1,014 |