§ Mrs. SpelmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many oil company employees are seconded to his Department by(a) appointment, (b) grade, (c) length of time in appointment, (d) planned time of secondment and (e) the name of the company from which they are seconded. [146973]
§ Mr. HainAt present my Department has two oil company employees seconded to us. The first, from Shell UK Oil Products, is seconded to our Oil and Gas Directorate as a DTI Range 10. His secondment started in May 2000 and is expected to continue until May 2002.
The second from BP Amoco is seconded to our Chemicals and Biotechnology Directorate. He was appointed in January 2001 to a DTI Range 11 post and is expected to serve until March 2002.