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<p>The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is an independent Office of the Treasury
established on a permanent, statutory basis through the Finance Act 2016. Its objective
is to provide independent advice to the Chancellor on simplifying the tax system.
In the course of the OTS meeting this objective there have been no secondments from
the OTS outside Government and <del class="ministerial">nine</del> <ins class="ministerial">ten
</ins> secondments from outside Government to the OTS since 2012. All of these secondments
were on a part-time basis. This includes one part-time secondment in the current financial
year (2017-18).</p>
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