Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many secondments there have been from inside the Government commercial function to outside bodies since it was established.
The Government Commercial Function is staffed by employees working across many Civil Service Departments. Records containing the detail requested in these questions are not held centrally and replies to these questions would incur disproportionate costs.
The Government Commercial Function (GCF) is a cross-government network of around 4,000 civil servants procuring (or supporting the procurement of) goods and services for the government. It also consists of commercial experts who support departments in managing key commercial contracts, and planning for future commercial needs.