HC Deb 11 November 2003 vol 413 cc181-3W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civil servants in his Department are seconded to other(a) Governments, (b) organisations

Outward secondments to organisations
Organisation Number of

personnel seconded

Start date End Date
United Kingdom Council for Electronic Business 1 June 2002 December 2003
Employment Opportunity Now 1 July 2002 July 2004
The Princes Trust 1 August 2002 August 2004
Civil Service Sports Council, Sports and Leisure 1 August 2002 August 2005
Defence Industries Council 1 September 2002 September 2004
Royal Institute of International Affairs 1 September 2002 September 2004
Forum for the Future 1 October 2002 October 2004

Eurofighter Typhoon, (b) one Challenger II battle tank, (c) one Type 45 destroyer, (d) one Astute submarine and (e) one Nimrod aeroplane. [136809]

Mr. Ingram

[holding answer 10 November 2003]: Unit production costs (UPC) for major equipment programmes, where these are practical to construct, can be found within the information given in the Ministry of Defence Major Projects Report (MPR). Those figures are estimated in accordance to methodology agreed with the National Audit Office (NAO). The NAO expect to publish their MPR 2003 in December and copies will be available as normal in the Library of the House.

Current estimated unit production costs for the projects listed are as follows:

and (c) companies; to which; for how long; and if he will make a statement. [136522]

Mr. Caplin

Information available on Ministry of Defence civil servants seconded to other Governments is not held centrally. As at 3 November 2003 personnel currently seconded from the Department to companies and organisations is outlined in the following two tables:

Outward secondments to companies
Company Number of

Personnel

seconded

Start date End Date
LogicaCMG 1 April 2002 April 2004
Rolls Royce PLC 1 July 2002 July 2004
Thales, France 1 July 2002 July 2004
Admiral 1 July 2002 July 2004
Atomic Weapons
Establishment 1 August 2002 August 2004
BAE Systems 2 November 2002 November 2003
January 2003 January 2004
Lloyds Register 1 November 2002 November 2004
March 2003 March 2005

Outward secondments to organisations
Organisation Number of

personnel seconded

Start date End Date
Bromley by Bow Centre 1 October 2002 November 2004
Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities 2 December 2002 December 2004
Bromley Primary Health Care Trust 1 January 2003 January 2006
The Princes Trust 2 April 2003 April 2006
August 2003 August 2005