Department for Work and Pensions: Secondment

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the names of the organisations that have (a) had departmental Civil Servants seconded to them since July 2024, and (b) seconded organisational staff to the department.


Answered by
Lilian Greenwood Portrait
Lilian Greenwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 14th September 2026

Response to Q (a) – DWP staff seconded out to:

Organisation Seconded To

British Broadcasting Corporation

British Indian Ocean Territory Administration

Dumfries and Galloway Council

DWP P&C CLT

Greater London Authority

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

HS2

IBCA

Infected Blood Compensation Authority

Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service

Money and Pensions Service

Movement to Work Charity

ORGANISATION FOR Economic Co-operation and Development

The Pensions Ombudsman

UK Government Investments (UKGI)

Response to (b) – Seconded into DWP from:

DWP Directorate

Secondment From

Universal Credit Job Centre

Leeds City Council

Finance

Kirklees Council

Policy

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Finance

London Borough of Newham

Central Analysis and Science

University of Southampton

Central Analysis and Science

London School Economics

Central Analysis and Science

Sheffield Hallam University

Central Analysis and Science

University College London

Central Analysis and Science

University of Aberdeen

Central Analysis and Science

University of Salford

Finance

Hived CIC

Finance

North East Autism Society

Finance

Tees Esk and Wear valley NHS Foundation Trust

Finance

Elite Supported Employment Agency

Finance

Northumberland County Council

Finance

Aldingbourne Trust

Finance

Lambeth Council

Policy

Lambeth Council

Finance

Status Employment

Finance

Nandos

Policy

Pensions Regulator of Telecom House

Policy

Employment Related Services Association

Policy

Youth Futures Foundation

Policy

Pensions Regulator of Telecom House

Accessibility, Disability and Disputes

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt

Gateshead Council

Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt

Gateshead Council

Policy

Norfolk County Council

Central Analysis and Science

DEFRA

Policy

Pension Protection Fund (PPF)

Reticulating Splines