§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff were seconded from the private sector to her Department from(a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999 and (c) May 1999 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the companies from which staff have been seconded. [109069]
§ Clare ShortSecondments and attachments are part of the Interchange Initiative which promotes the exchange of people and good practice between the Civil Service and other organisations. All sectors of the economy are90W involved: Voluntary, Education, Health, Public and Private. Interchange is a key component of the reform agenda. The Modernising Government White Paper committed us to increasing interchange, in particular by bringing in more people on secondment and sending more of our people out.
During the respective periods, the numbers of staff seconded to my Department from the private sector, all from NRI/University of Greenwich, were:
- (a) 3
- (b) 4
- (c) 1.