HC Deb 14 February 2002 vol 380 c524W
Tom Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff were seconded between(a) BP, (b) Shell, (c) Enron, (d) Exxon-Mobil, (e) Conoco, (f) Texaco and (g) TotalFinaElf and her Department in (i) 1999–2000, (ii) 2000–01 and (iii) April 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available. [33201]

Ms Hewitt

Centrally held records show the numbers of secondments to and from each of the companies listed in the years specified as:

Inward secondments to the DTI
Name 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
BP Amoco 0 1 0
BP 0 0 1
Shell 1 1 2
Enron 0 0 0
Exxon Mobil 0 0 0
Conoco 0 0 0
Texaco 0 0 0
TotalFinaElf 0 0 0

Outward secondment from the DTI
Name 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
BP Amoco 0 1 0
BP Gas Marketing Ltd. 1 0 0
Shell 0 0 0
Enron 0 0 0
Exxon Mobil 0 0 0
Conoco 0 0 0
Texaco 0 0 0
TotalFinaElf 0 0 0