§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what secondments(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) Ernst and Young and (d) KPMG have made to her Department since 2001; for what (i) periods and (ii) tasks the secondments were made; whether secondments of staff from her Department have been made to those firms; and for what (A) periods and (B) tasks. [156927]
§ Ms HewittSecondments are part of the Interchange Initiative which promotes the exchange of people and good practice between the Civil Service and other organisations. Before an Interchange can occur all parties must be satisfied that no conflict of interest arises.
Inward Secondments
There have been three secondees from (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, two from (b) Deloitte and Touche, five from (c) Ernst and Young and one from (d) KPMG to the Department since 2001.
The following table shows the period of each secondment and the position of each secondee.