HC Deb 03 March 2004 vol 418 c970W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which former officials of the Department have asked for permission to join(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) Ernst and Young and (d) KPMG. [156906]

Mr. Pearson

No former Civil Servants from the 11 departments of the Northern Ireland Administration and the Northern Ireland Office have, during the calendar years 2001, 2002 and 2003, applied for permission to join PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte and Touche, Ernst and Young or KPMG.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what secondments(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) Ernst and Young and (d) KPMG have made to his Department since 2001; for what (i) periods and (ii) tasks the secondments were made; whether secondments of staff from his Department have been made to those firms; and for what (A) periods and (B) tasks. [156921]

Mr. Pearson

Since 2001 no secondments, either inward or outward, have taken place between the 11 departments of the Northern Ireland Administration and the Northern Ireland Office and the companies mentioned.

The answer excludes agencies and NDPBs.