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Written question asked by Jon Trickett (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 February 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 February 2017 (named day). It was answered by Ben Gummer (Conservative) on Monday, 6 February 2017 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.


Government Departments: Secondment

Question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff have been seconded to Government Departments from (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Accenture, (d) KPMG, (e) McKinsey & Co, (f) Ernst and Young and (g) Bain & Company since July 2016.

Original answer

Secondments into government departments can be centrally arranged or arranged by individuals or their departments. The number of individuals with secondments arranged from the centre is 2. The number of staff on secondments which are not centrally arranged are not centrally held.

Table 1: Number of Secondees Coming into Departments From Specified Companies

Company

Number

Host Departments

PWC

2

MOD / HMT

Deloitte

0

Accenture

0

KPMG

0

McKinsey & Co

0

Ernst and Young

0

Bain & Company

0

The answer was corrected by Ben Gummer (Conservative)

on Friday, 3 March 2017 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Corrected answer

Secondments into government departments can be centrally arranged or arranged by individuals or their departments. The number of individuals with secondments arranged from the centre is 2. The number of staff on secondments which are not centrally arranged are not centrally held.

Table 1: Number of Secondees Coming into Departments From Specified Companies

Company

Number

Host Departments

PWC

2

MOD / HMT CCS

Deloitte

0

Accenture

0

KPMG

0 3

DH/DWP/MOJ

McKinsey & Co

0

Ernst and Young

0

Bain & Company

0


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
62723
Session
2016-17
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Subjects
Government departments Secondment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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