§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff from his Department were seconded to private sector companies in(a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999 and (c) May 1999 to April 2000; and if he will list in each case the companies to which staff were sent, the names and ranks of the staff involved and the duration of the secondment. [123416]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 24 May 2000]: Secondments 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 are 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.
The information required is as follows:
1 May 1997 to 30 April 1998 1 May 1998 to 30 April 1999 1 May 1999 to 30 April 2000 Numbers and grades: Range D x 5 Range D x 4 Range D x 2 Range E x 6 Range E x 4 Range E x 5 Organisations to whom secondments were made. Business Incubators Panel Business Incubators Panel UK Business Incubation Price Waterhouse Price Waterhouse SIB (now FSA) PIA (now FSA) PIA (now FSA) Ockham Holdings SIB (now FSA) SIB (now FSA) British Cement Association EBRD Amerada Hess HSBC Holdings Council of Mortgage Amerada Hess Ockham Holdings Lenders Ockham Holdings British Cement Association Granada British Cement Association