Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are employed by 10 Downing Street on a seconded basis; and how many such staff are seconded from which companies and organisations.

The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and is included in this reply.

As March 2017, Cabinet Office had 36 staff seconded in from outside of the Civil Service. Full details of the companies and organisations that staff are seconded from are not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.