§ Lord Norton of Louthasked Her Majesty's Government: What is the number of civil servants seconded to work for non-departmental public bodies (NDF'Bs); and what is the number working in each NDPB.[HL574]
§ Lord Bassam of BrightonThe information requested is not held centrally. Secondment figures are collected by the Cabinet Office from departments, under a number of headings: industry and commerce; academia and education; voluntary and charitable; European and international; local authority; health and other public service. The number of civil servants seconded to the wider public service, which includes non-departmental public bodies, is as follows.
2000–01 447 2001–02 327 2002–03 597