Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many civil servants in his Department are part of the Government Commercial Function; and how many of those civil servants have been seconded (a) outside the Government and (b) in from outside the Government in each year since 2012.

There are no staff at the Wales Office who are part of the Government Commercial Function.

The Wales Office obtains any commercial expertise required from the Ministry of Justice or Crown Commercial Services.