Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2017 to Question 62723, on government secondments, (a) what positions the staff from PWC were seconded to, (b) what the purpose of those secondments were, (c) what the equivalent payscales were of the positions to which those staff were seconded and (d) how long those secondments lasted.

The PwC staff are seconded to HM Treasury and the Crown Commercial Service.

The individual seconded to HM Treasury is undertaking a role at pay band 1 of the Senior Civil Service, in the Finance Insight Team of the Public Spending Group. The secondment is from 04 October 2016 until 29 September 2017.

The individual seconded to the Crown Commercial Service is undertaking a role at Civil Service Grade 6 in the Strategic Programmes Directorate. The secondment is from 16 January 2017 until 16 January 2018.

These secondments are part of a centrally-managed talent programme in the Cabinet Office.