Department for Education: Brexit

(asked on 20th May 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in his Department have been seconded away from their normal duties to work on the UK's withdrawal from the EU; and what effect that secondment of staff has had on the effectiveness of his Department.


Answered by
Anne Milton Portrait
Anne Milton
This question was answered on 24th May 2019

The department constantly reviews its capabilities and allocation of resources in order to effectively deliver the government’s agenda. We have accelerated our plans, and at the same time, the Civil Service as a whole is working to ensure that EU Exit implementation is carried out to high quality without impacting public service delivery across the whole of the government.

It is therefore only sensible that we make use of the resources and expertise we have available to make sure that the UK is prepared for all Brexit scenarios. This includes departments sharing staff and working together on joint projects.

Internal transfers and loans are agreed locally, so the department does not hold this information centrally.

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