HC Deb 03 December 1993 vol 233 cc785-8W
Mr. Tom Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list for each of the last five years the number of secondments(a) into and (b) out of his Department; and if he will give details of which Departments were involved.

Mr. Goodlad

Tables I to V contain details of inward and outward secondments between other Government Departments and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office over the last five years. Secondments between the Overseas Development Administration and the diplomatic wings of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are shown separately in these tables, as are secondments to the Cabinet Office. Overseas Development Administration exchanges to and from other Government Departments are listed separately at table VI.

In addition to exchanges with other Whitehall departments, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has an interchange programme with the private sector and other foreign ministries. The Overseas Development Administration also has officers on secondment to the World bank and regional development banks.

Table I Part (a)
Number of Ds officers on loan to the home civil service at 31 December 1992
Receiving department Numbers
DTI 9
MOD 2
Law Officers Department 1
Cabinet Office 6
ODA 2
Home Office 1
No. 10 1
Civil Service Selection Board 1
23
Table I Part (b)
Number of home civil service officers on loan to the FCO at 31 December 1992
Parent department Numbers
DTI 26
MAFF 10
Employment 13
Home Office 88
Treasury 5
DOE 2
NIO 4
Scottish Office 4
CAA 1
Customs and Excise 3
ODA 21
Transport 7
Cabinet Office 1
Department of Health 1
Department of Social Security 1
189
Table II Part (a)
Number of DS officers on loan to the home civil service at 31 December 1991
Receiving department Number
DTI 8
NIO 1
MOD 4
Law Officers Department 1
Cabinet Office 9
ODA 5
Home Office 1
Civil Service Selection Board 1
Civil Service College 1
Others 2
33
Table 11 Part (b)
Number of home civil service officers on loan to the FCO at 31 December 1991
Parent Department Number
DTI 23
MAFF 11
MOD 14
Employment 2
Home Office 84
Treasury 4
DOE 2
NIO 4
Scottish Office 2
CAA 1
Energy 1
Customs and Excise 3
ODA 20
Transport 5
Cabinet Office 1
Department of Social Security 1
178
Table III Part (a)
Number of DS officers on loan to the home civil service at 31 December 1990
Receiving department Numbers
Treasury 1
MAFF 1
DTI 9
NIO 1
MOD 8
Office of Fair Trading 1
Law Officers Department 1
Cabinet Office 12
ODA 1
Home Office 1
Privy Council Office 1
Other 4
41
Table III Part (b)
Number of home civil service officers on loan to the FCO at 31 December 1990
Parent department Numbers
DTI 28
MAFF 11
MOD 23
Employment 5
Home Office 93
Treasury 7
Northern Ireland CS 2
Parent department Numbers
NIO 4
Scottish Office 1
CAA 1
Energy 1
Customs and Excise 11
ODA 23
Transport 3
Cabinet Office 1
Department of Health 2
216
Table IV Part (a)
Number of DS officers on loan to the home civil service at 31 December 1989
Receiving department Numbers
Treasury 1
MAFF 1
ECGD 1
DTI 7
NIO 2
MOD 8
Office of Fair Trading 1
Law Officers Department 1
Cabinet Office 11
ODA 5
Other 1
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Table IV Part (b)
Number of home civil service officers on loan to the FCO at 31 December 1989
Parent department Numbers
DTI 26
MAFF 10
MOD 22
Employment 6
Home Office 70
Treasury 8
DOE 1
Northern Ireland CS 2
NIO 4
Scottish Office 1
CAA 1
Energy 1
Customs and Excise 9
ODA 26
Transport 3
Cabinet Office 1
Department of Health 2
193
Table V part (a)
Number of DS officers on loan to the Home Civil Service at 31 December 1988
Receiving department Numbers
ECGD 1
DTI 10
NIO 2
MOD 4
MPO 3
Office of Fair Trading 1
Law Officers Department 1
Cabinet Office 10
ODA 4
Home Office 1
Treasury 1
Receiving department Numbers
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Table V Part (b)
Number of Home Civil Service Officers on loan to the DS at 31 December 1988
Parent Department Numbers
DTI 23
MAFF 11
MOD 22
Employment 8
Home Office 73
Treasury 6
DOE 1
N Ireland CS 3
NIO 4
Scottish Office 1
CAA 2
Energy 2
Customs and Excise 10
ODA 23
Transport 3
Cabinet Office 1
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Table VI
ODA secondments to and from other Government Departments (excluding FCO)
Year Outward Inward
1988 Treasury (1) Treasury (2)
1989 Treasury (1) Treasury (1)
1990 Treasury (1) Treasury (1)
Civil Service
College (1)
1991 Treasury (1) Nil
Civil Service
College (1)
1992 Nil Nil