Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 19 September (HL976), which specific Minister requested the appointment of Ian Corfield as a civil servant in July.

Ian Corfield was appointed on a short-term basis to carry out urgent work in support of the government’s International Investment Summit in October. A full recruitment process could not have been completed in the time available. He has since been appointed by the Chancellor as an unpaid direct ministerial appointment.