Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many members of staff who ceased to be employed by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies in the last three years have subsequently been re-employed by his Department on a temporary basis or as a third-party contractor or consultant.

From the data available fewer than 5 individuals have been identified as having ceased employment by the Department and its partner organisations in the last three years and subsequently re-employed by the Department on a temporary basis.